Topic: Down Votes

I notice alot of comments are down voted, doesnt matter if they are good comments and dumb ones, even youtube has alot of nonsense comments of the same crap as if people are just zombies and say the same thing. but here and FA or anywhere online, free speech is very hated by salty people who cant leave things alone. comments that are a persons liking or disliking or just pointing something out will get a number of down votes. why though? why cant anyone comment what they wana say without getting downvoted? and does down votes mean anything? will it remain that way? better or worse? back on youtube, if a comment got downvoted enough, it will be hidden, but it hasant been like that in years. so what will down votes mean in the future?

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