This doesn't even make sense anymore. Is it not permissible to be critical? Can one even be critical without getting downvoted? Perhaps that is now the new bar

This doesn't even make sense anymore. Is it not permissible to be critical? Can one even be critical without getting downvoted? Perhaps that is now the new barometer of success. Heck, most of us are talking about "document your failure" or "fail fast." Then that's it. Getting downvoted is the new success. Like Adrian Tan says, "Be hated." Downvote the b'jesus out of me. I need validation. Maybe I'll get an algorithm for creativity, through trial and error on the new norm.