> [this will let] somebody snipe puffins The bigger danger is that it makes the whole community subconsciously downvote happy, because sometimes it's more effe

> [this will let] somebody snipe puffins The bigger danger is that it makes the whole community subconsciously downvote happy, because sometimes it's more effective to tune the site to what you want by downvoting things you don't like than by upvoting things you like. If people are downvoting everything that doesn't fit their expectations, it creates a lot of cultural inertia. (Eh, that's the worst impact I can come up with, and it's probably still not too big a deal.)