Side note, I have a personal belief that if you don't occasionally get a couple of downvotes, then you're too agreeable, and you likely don't think for yourself enough.

You have to be comfortable in your own skin and think for yourself and say what you actually think in a public forum. Otherwise, what's the point?

Simultaneously, if you get tons of downvotes almost every time you post, you're an asshole and you need to reevaluate yourself.

If you occasionally get downvoted into oblivion because you didn't express your thoughts clearly or because your thought actually is kind of fucked up, then you should keep that post visible and evaluate and learn from it.

Sometimes 60 million people are wrong, sure, but also, sometimes you've not fully thought out your position

But if everyone likes everything that you have to say, then how much of what you're saying are your own original thoughts?

And if you're not sharing at least partially original thoughts, then what are you actually contributing to the forum?

Edit: I wish I could find the person who downvoted this comment. I feel like they did that just to give it extra credibility, and I really appreciate that. That's pretty freakin' funny.