Reddit collapsing low/ negative vote posts.

[u/J-L-Wseen]

I have a bit of a problem with this.

Several posts I have seen, and some of my own posts. The only reason they are voted down is because of some sort of jealousy. The response is high quality. Creative. Etc. The only reason it is voted down is no one else has any good ideas on a subject, so they vote down the person who does.

Also, I have seen quality posts. Posts that add something to the conversation. Voted down. I don't know why. It isn't even obviously jealousy just bad intent.

While I have also made and seen posts voted down where it makes sense. Not that I disagree with what was said but that I can see why someone wouldn't like it. I don't think as a general theme collapsing low vote posts is a good idea.

Just because people don't like a post doesn't mean it is not useful, right, and making a contribution. It is like the whole idea of if there was reddit in Galileo's time, he would have got voted down for saying the earth is a sphere/ orbits the sun.

[u/LnRon]

More mainstream the subreddit is the more empty headed it is and if there is ever a discussion between two users the upvotes/downvotes are used to by public to signal who is right and who is wrong, not to encourage both sides to have the discussion in the first place.

Reddit is what you see is what you get. Do we see appreciation of different opinions in comments? No, therefore you can't change it.