It's not just you. At times it feels people downvote out of spite, to reciprocate how they feel they've been treated. It's annoying since instead of having a di

It's not just you. At times it feels people downvote out of spite, to reciprocate how they feel they've been treated. It's annoying since instead of having a discussion or even replies that would make you see "aha, I might have been wrong", you just get a series of downvotes. Of course it's not like that always. But I do see a lot more reasonable comments that aren't inherently inane/flame-wary get downvotes for no apparent reason. Perhaps there should be a mechanism in place to reduce its use eg having to pay downvotes with your own karma.