There has been some threads where any comment that was not a praise of Steve Jobs and Apple was downvoted. Sometimes I feel fragmentation on HN, was is upvoted in a thread is downvoted in another.
I have watched posts of my own go upvoted then downvoted then up voted then down voted more or less randomly.
FWIW I do NOT think people should downvote based on disagreement. I think downvotes should be sparsely used and I personally upvote even people I disagree with.
Well, maybe, but now I am using thread upvote mostly to promote themes I like to see on HN, and comment downvotes to push down thanks, me-too, or otherwise empty answers.
