I see quite the mix on here. It doesn't affect my voting in the slightest. I vote for what I like. Some accounts that don't get voted often look for reasons outwith themselves without looking inward.
But hey, it's a grand game and it only stops being so when people start thinking votes and rewards over engagement.
I am surprised we do not see more people from 'the right' as they tend to be the ones who get banned elsewhere. I don't generally downvote opinions, but I might if it's spreading hatred.
I reckon that the range of opinions you see online does not reflect the general populace as it is likely to be the fringes who post more.
Yeah, online doesn't reflect the general populace, online it's the fringey ones that get a bit frothy at the mouth. I am the same, I wouldn't downvote over a difference of opinion but I do for hate/inciting hate and of course misleading stuff that can be harmful like antivaxxers and covid nonsense. But not all the time, I'm not a monster :0D