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Here I am wondering why there is still a downvote button in the YouTube comments... it does nothing!
Actually it's worse than nothing. Youtube promotes comments based on engagement, so while only an upvote increases the tally, voting at all still makes it more visible.
Youtube promoting controversial comments: https://media.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExbmU2cHZwN3U0NXl4MXhhYXE5Y2c5bzJvZDJqYTVjdmphYmQ4aDhyOCZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/KDVswimTNahWzcd7sV/giphy.gif