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They are explicitly discouraged in the guidelines this thread is about.

>>pvg+(OP)
Commenting about downvotes themselves is discouraged. Commenting on the reasons why somebody was downvoted is a separate matter

>>yjftsj+r9
No it's not. It's the whole meta-discussion about voting in general. And, it doesn't say it explicitly, but almost all meta-discussion itself. You can find both of these explained in the moderator commentary over the years.