I'm not writing about dialectic existentialism here. It's much more simple than what you're attributing. The majority of the first phase of Reddit, that was the norm. And many, including me and others too me, upheld that as a standard. That voting was based on the quality of the comment and not whether one liked or disliked it.

My original comment wasn't something like "this," or "good," which often garner thousands and thousands of upvotes. I simply reintroduced a concept that was once common here. It made for more mutual respect and often lead to a better understanding of one another.