The disagree&downvote pattern on comments is definitely a problem, but I think it's a different problem and it seems to happen on a wide variety of stories. (wh

The disagree&downvote pattern on comments is definitely a problem, but I think it's a different problem and it seems to happen on a wide variety of stories. (which isn't to say that there's not zealotry involved, just that I don't think that's the only thing driving the RP stories) It could also be argued that your comment was completely off topic for the link, kind of like the guy who always complains about the xkcd links on reddit. Would you argue that xkcd is driven by zealotry, or are there just a lot of reddit users who who actually like seeing xkcd? (and again, I'm one of the people who occasionally upvotes the xkcd comics)