There's at least one thread today (the toxic oil one) where the highest top-level comment was factually wrong, and clearly responding to the title without actua

There's at least one thread today (the toxic oil one) where the highest top-level comment was factually wrong, and clearly responding to the title without actually opening the article. Sure, it's possible to comment with a correction (people did), but it's an absolute waste of a comment thread to have the first experience be a bunch of people debunking gibberish. Downvoting plays an important role in sanitizing stuff that's going to waste time and prevent good discussion.