I tried making that point in a thread earlier (which start-up inspired you most in 2010) - I upvote threads that interest me, and I upvote comments that add val

I tried making that point in a thread earlier (which start-up inspired you most in 2010) - I upvote threads that interest me, and I upvote comments that add value to the thread. If I had downvote access I would use it for flamebait, complete fallacies and and anything really offtopic. IMHO opinions, especially in threads asking for opinions, should never be downvoted, and I would upvote the ones I agree with. Just because someone disagrees with opinion it doesn't make it a valid opinion. In the thread example I gave, what if I downvoted World Lens or Quora (not that I would - they are awesome) just because I disagreed - I think it would take away from the threads purpose.