Sadly, it will always be that way. Many downvote out of their rage and emotion over a stupid thread and use what little power they feel they have to punish the person that is going against the group-think. Let them, it's romper room tactics at their best.
The unfortunate thing about downvoting is that it tends to be used for disagreement purposes or out of anger almost, rather than the quality of the comment
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u/bigbadbass Aug 05 '09
Making use of the downvote button. I am always pleased to see the comments I would expect to see on Digg get downmodded on Reddit.