It was common among black women in certain communities in rural Alabama and Mississippi - not a common nationwide practice of all americans.

Surprisingly many underwater/floating servers in the Gulf of Finland.

My mom is a hairdresser and their booking app has option for silent service as well.

I would agree if that is how downvotes were actually used but that is not the case. More often than not when people downvote it’s because they don’t like what is being said not because it’s factually incorrect, offtopic or otherwise unhelpful. Factual information and perfectly reasonable (but unpopular) takes get downvoted here on a daily basis.

Downvoting isn’t disagreeing. It’s just shouting “boo” from the audience and adds zero value to the conversation. If you disagree with something I’ve said, tell me exactly what you disagree with and why - then we can talk about it. Disabling downvotes doesn’t change that at all. Nobody ever changed their mind because they got heavily downvoted.

Imagine hating gays so much you want to fuck them.