It’s the inevitable result of reddit-style design, imo, particularly with regard to having downvotes. Downvotes discourage people from making controversial comments, because even if you’re correct and lots of people agree with you, your comments can still be buried or limited in visibility if enough people dislike them. The downvote button isn’t supposed to be the disagree button, but in real terms that’s what it is.

This is the primary reason why I left ages ago. Fundamentally flawed design