For what it’s worth, I think I am actually in favor of downvoting content of which you think there is too much. The general rule for voting is “upvote this if you want to see more like this” and “downvote this if you want to see less like this”. I think it’s too easy to end up in a world where the site is filled with content that nobody likes, but everyone thinks someone else might like. I think it’s better for people to just vote based on their preferences, and we will get it right in the aggregate.
For what it’s worth, I think I am actually in favor of downvoting content of which you think there is too much. The general rule for voting is “upvote this if you want to see more like this” and “downvote this if you want to see less like this”. I think it’s too easy to end up in a world where the site is filled with content that nobody likes, but everyone thinks someone else might like. I think it’s better for people to just vote based on their preferences, and we will get it right in the aggregate.
Generally, I would want people to vote on articles they have actually read.
If posts, nobody wants to read because they seem very technical, get zero votes I think that’s a good outcome. They don’t need to be downvoted.