Usually the reason why posts are being downvoted are pretty clear. But, those aren't always good reasons, because we're dealing with a group of people who have

Usually the reason why posts are being downvoted are pretty clear. But, those aren't always good reasons, because we're dealing with a group of people who have a very strong tendency to be know-it-alls (myself certainly not excepted). The vast bulk of my downvotes so far came from a thread where I pointed out a few obvious flaws (massive civil and potentially criminal liability) with the prevailing conspiracy theory about how the leaked Game of Thrones episodes were leaked by HBO themselves, as part of their secret plan to get people not to use HBO Go. I'm not especially bitter about it, but I do find myself self-censoring more often to avoid arguing with groupthink.