What is really sad is when a posters posts something that is so obviously false and yet their post gets numerous upvotes.  Yep. I see people getting upvotes for the wrong reasons quite often.  The votes are supposed to help bring attention to good posts, but they're more commonly used to give favor to what the voter personally likes or agrees with, or because they like the poster. And people tend to post to get upvotes because it boosts their ego or sense of worth. They'll deny it of course, just like the addict who can't accept that they shouldn't be doing what they're doing.