> Downvoting feels like censorship to me. It is. As is upvoting, since it makes the unvoted and down voted harder to see. I do not understand why people think

> Downvoting feels like censorship to me. It is. As is upvoting, since it makes the unvoted and down voted harder to see. I do not understand why people think this "mob rule" of up and down voting will end up with the "best" things being selected. It will only be the most common/neutral things being brought to our attention. Unpopular ideas are not wrong, just unpopular. Just ask Copernicus.