It's a personality thing, that some people are more liable to downvote. The definition of an illiberal society is one that will not consider other views. There

It's a personality thing, that some people are more liable to downvote. The definition of an illiberal society is one that will not consider other views. There are factions & forces, which tend towards certain views, which areess tolerant, which are less interested in picking out embracing & supporting a couple out there ideas, especially if there's some rougher spots that aren't super easy to make it through. Personslly I'd really love to see a future online system where we really have to stake ourselves in more to vote, and where we can assess & weight people as we desire. I hope this can be useful for identifying & countering more of the negative pervasive forces, but it has plenty of other risks & possible downsides, for sure.