I downvote things that seem poorly thought out, poorly argued, incendiary, or in general seem to be adding noise to the conversation without adding anything mea

I downvote things that seem poorly thought out, poorly argued, incendiary, or in general seem to be adding noise to the conversation without adding anything meaningful. It seems like there has been a rise in this sort of low-effort posting in the past few years, and I think downvoting is helpful to combat it. When I downvote something, I usually write a comment explaining why I think it's not useful, although I don't always have time to do so.