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The value of subjective votes is that in the ideal situation they act as a way to judge whether or not a comment is adding to a conversation. It's nearly impossible to put that into a set of rules that can be enforced without being arbitrary. Of course, downvotes all too often turn into the "I disagree" button, filtering out comments that are high quality but express a point of view that is merely unpopular in the community.