It appears that there is a higher than usual proportion of negatively scored comments ITT. I think that might say something about the so called silent majority

It appears that there is a higher than usual proportion of negatively scored comments ITT. I think that might say something about the so called silent majority - the very people who are [rightly] unwilling to comment publicly because of the cancel culture highlighted in the article. Those people are here, anonymous votes give them a voice that they are socially being denied.