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In innocent technical discussions, users will generally base their votes only on the merits of the comments they're voting on. In sensitive political discussions, some will vote based on ideological agreement.
A problem common to both cases is that LessWrong is hesitant to vote anything down below zero, possibly for good morale-related reasons.