An opposing opinion: https://www.mcmillen.dev/blog/20210721-downvotes-considered-harmful.html https://www.mcmillen.dev/blog/20210721-downvotes-considered-...

An opposing opinion: https://www.mcmillen.dev/blog/20210721-downvotes-considered-harmful.html https://www.mcmillen.dev/blog/20210721-downvotes-considered-... The TL;DR: "Any voting system where most posts mostly receive upvotes, but also allows downvotes, has a huge problem: No matter how you do the math, downvotes count more than upvotes do."