Actually, I made this post before I even posted the other comment that was downvoted. This comment was made solely on the basis of others', not me, being downv

Actually, I made this post before I even posted the other comment that was downvoted. This comment was made solely on the basis of others', not me, being downvoted. Look, frankly, I've spent a long time here refraining from commenting about random downvotes (of others' productive, non-inflammatory comments -- even ones I disagree with; I rarely get downvoted). But there's been a sea change in downvoting over the last few weeks (I'm doing some quantitative analysis that I'll soon put up). I'm not going to sit idly by while one of the last bastions of rational discussion on the web goes to hell. Whine about my whining all you want.