> People have taken to down voting things that they don't agree with, it's sad because it stops debate and contrary opinions. Downvoting to express disagreemen

> People have taken to down voting things that they don't agree with, it's sad because it stops debate and contrary opinions. Downvoting to express disagreement was explicitly sanctioned by pg back in February 2008. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=117171 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=117171