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Downvotes are part of the system, not a failure of the system. Let's not make a drama when someone's comment gets into negative numbers.
I fully agree that downvotes in general are a necessary feature of the system and everybody has their own right to use them as they see fit.
I also agree that if some comments go negative the cause is often hard so determine and to make drama about it is a lost cause.
Mostly. Here this is less about the individual but what tha pattern of downvotes tells about the community: Voting against perceived out-group. Maybe I have not made that clear enough. I suggest reconsidering whether the downvotes voted down because of perceived in-group opinion or because of genuine reasons.
I got 90% of my upvotes because my opinion happened to align with the majority group's on a contentious topic. It's hard to complain overmuch about downvotes for the same reason. Granted, it's also hard to hold upvotes/downvotes in any kind of regard anymore; hell, my most upvoted comments of all time were social commentary on an issue 90%+ of the people involved were mindkilled on, rather than any of the meaningful contributions I've attempted.
Karma is a passable negative feedback tool, but it's a horrible positive feedback tool.
My intuition would have been the opposite. Can you explain?
Maybe an example will help.
If you take pictures and post them on photography websites, the "likes" will tell you that you should photograph sunsets, puppies, and well-lit soft porn. That's... really bad advice :-/