I wouldn't go so far as to say the fear of being downvoted leads to groupthink. I mean, why would you care if someone disagrees with your comment? That really

I wouldn't go so far as to say the fear of being downvoted leads to groupthink. I mean, why would you care if someone disagrees with your comment? That really wouldn't lead you to self-censor. Unless you had something important at stake, like reputation, which would only happen if your handle on here was linked to your real life name.