I've found that generally people reserve down votes for posts that don't add to the conversation, in general, just like we're supposed to do. Its always been down vote city if you happen to criticize political positions that benefit libertarian technologists. But lately anything critical of AI tends to get a lot of down votes. Even on older posts that you can't find on the front page anymore... It feels inorganic

> Its always been down vote city if you happen to criticize political positions that benefit libertarian technologists.

This varies wildly by timezone. Usually I get upvoted during European timezones and then brace for the Americans to wake up.