Yeah, the “platonic ideal downvote” is only supposed to be used for content that “doesn’t contribute to the conversation” or whatever, but that is very often just not the case. There’s even research on how downvotes easily lead to a bandwagon effect: here’s a blog post on this, based on a research article.

Hmm, I should probably create a Beehaw account and move over there. It’s a shame that account migration really isn’t a thing on Lemmy