Not sure why this is being down-voted. Just trying to be helpful in case people want to avoid these optional updates or uninstall them. Maybe I should just delete the comment?
That helpful comment got two downvotes and well over a hundred upvotes. This is an extreme example of why HN has a guideline asking people not to comment about being downvoted. Most of the fluctuation is ephemeral, and most comments about it soon become inaccurate.
Please don't feel bad! Your contributions are overwhelmingly positive, and we're grateful. The reason I post stuff like the above is not to reprimand anyone, it's to feed reminders about the guidelines into the community.
In general I'd say the inclination to delete a comment because it's being down-voted is... not good. Don't try so hard to conform to what appears to be the local public sentiment.
(EDIT: or, if it's a threat to delete if you don't get upvotes, also lame)
OK, just didn't want to add to the clutter if it was unhelpful. A load of links without context isn't a great comment. :)
BTW these updates all appear to be "Optional" and are part of the Customer Experience Improvement Program (which in my experience is always opt in and you get a notification in the system tray).
They are currently optional - different than "Important Updates" and "Recommended Updates." I checked my windows update panel in Windows 7, mind you, (Start --> Control Panel --> Windows Update), and saw it listed as an optional update. I believe these optional updates, in windows 7 at least, are defaulted to be listed, but not downloaded or installed. I clearly won't be installing these, haha.
