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Well I'm sure each person downvotes for their own reasons, but I have noticed several people who, when they are disagreeing with someone, tend to have a consistent series of "-1" votes showing up on the posts of the person with whom they're disagreeing.
If they are doing what it seems, I would say this is an example of the problem. Downvoting also allows people to express disagreement without having to give reasons or even pay much attention to what's said. I think this also goes against the purpose of the site.
For what it's worth, I haven't noticed that myself, and I don't think it's ever happened to me here. But I agree that when it happens, it's an example of the problem you're talking about.
I agree with this too. I think maybe we have just different intuitions of how commonly it's actually used like that.
You probably have more experience than I do with how people as a whole do the voting. I'm just concerned with potential problems.