> We each get little buttons where people vote. Except we don't. I have an upvote button, but not a downvote button. I haven't reached the magical karma thresh

> We each get little buttons where people vote. Except we don't. I have an upvote button, but not a downvote button. I haven't reached the magical karma threshold for the downvote button, and my account is ~3.5 years old. I think this may be contributing to the negativity OP is talking about. I don't have the option of using the downvote, so if I disapprove of content, the only way I can do so is to post a negative comment. I know a lot of people in the community consider this a good thing, but I think it also leads to a lot of negative comments that wouldn't otherwise get posted.