> More people lately seem to downvote out of disagreement rather than to keep a thread in check. Downvoting out of disagreement has always been endorsed on HN:

> More people lately seem to downvote out of disagreement rather than to keep a thread in check. Downvoting out of disagreement has always been endorsed on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=117171 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=117171 You may disagree that it is a good choice, but it is not new phenomenon.