[dspillett]

Whether it is actually here in part, what votes go where, etc. does not alter that it is not considered on-topic here.

"The rule is already broken in one direction, so it should be right to break it in another" isn't a helpful take IMO.

[samdoidge]

I'm not sure how you have interpreted my statement to mean the above. Please re-read without the assumptions.

[dspillett]

> I'm not sure how you have interpreted my statement to mean the above

You said that you saw one side being downvoted. I took that as meaning you thought it should be left alone like the other side is, when IMO that is not the solution. If both are off-topic (which they usually are, by my reading of the guidelines) both should be down-voted. The fix for the imbalance is not to encourage more but from other angles, it is to enforce the desired topic limits evenly.

(using the word "side" above may be ill-advised on my part, I know most matters are far more complex than a binary this-side-and-that-side, but better wording did not spring to mind)