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Anybody use Reddit? I finally heaved a sigh and joined earlier this year after avoiding it forever. I post exclusively in a couple of lighthearted fan subs about comedy podcasts.

I've never been on a discussion board that allows downvoting and am sincerely baffled by it. What motivates people to go through and downvote every comment or topic? These are extremely innocuous posts, some of them quite witty. If Redditers don't like the podcasts in question, why would they read/participate in a sub about them?

I understand disagreeing with someone's point, but truly, most of the downvoted comments don't contain the slightest whiff of controversy or criticism.

Is there some culture on Reddit that I'm missing about what types of topics/comments are acceptable?