I was responsible for downvoting that comment as I disagreed with the content. What bothered me was the following phrase:

  I urge you to reconsider being influenced by a minority who
  aren't using the voting feature with the spirit intended.

As this was clearly directed to people like me, I feel the need to justify my intentions. Saying that I am part of the minority and am using the voting feature incorrectly is a bold statement that is coming without justification or evidence. Both of you should go back and read the HN Guidelines again in order to be reminded of what determines if a comment is of good quality or bad quality. I use the voting featured based off the HN Guidelines, which I would say is the spirit intended. It's that simple.