Why do you downvote? Are you really that sad of a person that you have little fits of spite and have to reach out through a medium that has nothing to do with validity? You do realize karma is worthless right? And that downvoting a comment doesn’t do anything to the legitimacy of what’s in the post right? Or do you just ignore all of that because you’re butthut and have to lash out like a baby in need of a circumcision? I mean seriously! You can’t have a conversation with someone on the internet without angrily clicking the downvote button? Do you feel like you’ve had vengeance on me or something? I personally don’t care about downvotes either way (by all means, call your silly downvote brigade on me, it means nothing at all to me), but I just find it funny how seriously you and others like yourself actually take these imaginary internet points. Reddit really is all you have, huh? Damn do I feel bad for you. But you know what? I don’t care! I’ll rake in the coal! You’re logic is flawed, kiddo. Don’t like what people are doing with it? Downvote me, that’ll show ’em! Go ahead and press that down arrow, I know you’re itching to do it. Think you’re contributing to the community? “Doing your civic duty”? Nope. You’re just decreasing a meaningless number on the internet. You just want to hop on the bandwagon. Well **POUNCE**! O can hear you as your feet land on the cold real steel of the inside of the wagon. You know what? Enjoy the ride, for now. Maybe even stick your head out the window and feel the breeze while you reflect on the importance of your downvote to me. I’ll even give you my word, this isn’t even my primary account, kiddo. Downvote away, downvote to your heart’s content. But listen kid, please remember rule 1 of reddit. Treat the other people commenting as if they are human beings. It is fascinating, however, that people ignore the fact that I am right just because the first two people downvoted me. From that point it is just snowballs. When people see downvotes, do they neglect their own ability or reason? It is similar to the fallacy of poisoning the well. Once they see the fact that others disagree, they assume that the person must be wrong, even if undeniable truth is on the other side. It is an interesting phenomenon, and I am not sure how reddit should address this issue moving forward. There needs to be a solution that prevents cases like mine from happening. If someone posts something truthful, it should be upvoted, not downvoted. It is imperative that we allow free speech and the truth to be shared. I don’t care about the karma. Hell, I’ll gladly rake in the coal! But we must remember that free speech and opinions are key to our society and, more importantly, reddit. So, next time you want to downvote something, just think about what you are about to do!