> What is the downside of "more discussion"? The only limited thing is time. I have never consciously thought of downvotes like that, but their only truely mea

> What is the downside of "more discussion"? The only limited thing is time. I have never consciously thought of downvotes like that, but their only truely meaningful use would be to push down items I do not only not want to spend time discussing, but not even spend time reading, under the precondition of the assumption that most others likely feel the same.