Comment by smichel17
9 years ago
My observation from other communities with downvote buttons is that they encourage more groupthink, not less.
With no downvote button, it's at least possible for a subcommunity to get a thread near the top for a while. Downvotes let the majority suppress these.
But what's worse, an actual downvote button, or not being able to stop people from using flag as one?