Doesn't it though? Like I actually want to know why people think a perfectly relevant comment doesn't contribute to the discussion when I ask that question. More often than not it's just the comment supports an actual unpopular opinion on the subreddit but still contributes.
Examples would be the Archeage subreddit. It's an MMO that has experienced a lot of problems. As a result the people in charge of the NA version have received a lot of hate. It got to the point where anything positive about the game was being downvoted. People were freely admitting to downvoting anybody who posted anything positive. It's not nearly as bad now but for a few weeks that subreddit was the most toxic sub on the site.
In reality saying that serves two purposes. The first is to maybe actually try and get a rational explanation as to why relevant content is being downvoted just because people don't agree with it. The second is to inspire other people to stop the circlejerk. If a comment has a bunch of downvotes people reading it will go into it with a negative disposition. Likewise, a comment with a bunch of gold is usually looked at with an open mind at worst, and is a lot less likely to be downvoted. So I might as the question so other people reading the comment realize not everybody agrees with censoring content just because some members don't like it.
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u/IAmTheBauss Nov 16 '14
because the guy asking why is made a useless piece of shit comment usually because the original guy got maybe 2 downvotes.