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I read in lemmy support that this is a significant problem. I don't get it. What does anyone gain in down voting without reason?

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Because they don't have the intellectual capacity and/or the courage to engage with what you've said in earnest, since it might mean they'd have to agree with you and admit they were wrong (and these are not wise people who understand admitting you're wrong is the path to being right). They'd rather just "e-boo" you without any more explanation and hope the other stupid cowards do the same and there we go, we were right all along because of numbers! Morons, lol, spineless morons.

And the downvotes on the post I'm replying to just gives what I've said here more credence, lol.