As of this writing, the majority of root-level comments are some mix of extreme cynicism and knee-jerk reactions. But you're right, at least they're downvoted.

I think the reason is that most of HN is not very knowledgeable of manufacturing generally (one commenter was shocked at spending $400m on a factory), combined with hatred for Peloton (for whatever reason) specifically.

I know the phrase gets overused but that would be a prime example of virtue signaling.

I don't agree with the comments in question but downvoting them to oblivion is a bit harsh and uncalled for. It's like that scene from the high school movie trope where a group of kids tells another kid they can't sit at their lunch table.

That would be more like downvoting an account or a person. Downvoting a comment simply signals that there's something wrong with the comment. If the next comment is fine, it's welcome at the lunch table.

It's true that comments sometimes get downvoted unfairly, but I'm not seeing that in this thread. In such cases, though, the thing to do is give them a corrective upvote: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor....