One other sites, probably not, on MSE the voting is determined by whether others agree with the **idea** (do they want the feature, can they reproduce the bug *or* is it even a bug, is the complaint being made something that they support, etc.) - so it's possible for there to be a lot of downvotes, and for you to have an opposite opinion; so you might want to read it even when (maybe, especially when) it's heavily downvoted. You can add your own vote, though generally once it's nearing
-20 the owners / some CM have commented that they discourage a further pile-on.