[contourtrails]

What is the purpose? What will downvoting enable aside from downvoting itself?

I have a sense it will only worsen the mob mentality on Facebook and make it more like Reddit.

[na85]

Sorry to break it to you but HN is exactly the same. The difference is that the hive mind here doesn't like memes.

Groupthink still exists.

[contourtrails]

Hive mind exists everywhere, the goal is to not encourage it.

[na85]

Voting on comments encourages it.