I also can't downvote you, but the comment you refer is apprpriate, correctly written and to the point. The problem is that you don't like the content. That is not what voting is for.
On the other hand, your comment (and this one of mine) are pure meta-comments complaining without content.
Inane news like this ("some guy leaves daily job, people shit their paints in awe") is what makes renaming this site to Entrepreneur Wannabe News mandatory.
This is not fair. Certainly didn't invented anything, but they improved patent trolling as to make it a way of life. Who needs to invent, when you can patent, sue and win? Let's others do the work.
That could match if "Hacker" News were really about hacking, which is not. It should be renamed, as you imply, to "Startup News" or "You are a moron if you don't have your own enterprise" News.
I like the new stream of HN clones, though. When a real "hacking" one appears (that doesn't contain mostly entrepreneurial wanking and Apple punditry) I'll (and many people from here) jump to it and never look back.
On the other hand, your comment (and this one of mine) are pure meta-comments complaining without content.