Yea, you can ignore it, but the simple fact of the matter is up and down voting is really just another bludgeon to enforce group think and stifle dissent or difference of opinion.
Let’s be honest, who but the most ardent or tone deaf will continue to post when the board chronically tell them people don’t like their posts.
So you get the worst of both worlds, the tone deaf continue to bellow oblivious or uncaring of the discussion and the more moderate stop posting all but ditto-esque comments and a vocal minority self-appoint into moderators with down vote clubs.
In the end everybody runs on the anonymous message board format of “I’m telling the board” and there’s no discussion.
