It seems reasonable to assume that those who upvoted such nodes did not see the flaws that you did. Upvotes are fairly self-explanatory: they simply mean that a reader thought the post was good (even if that perception is misguided). I suppose there's a chance that some upvoter, by explaining, might enlighten you to merits you had not discerned, but I doubt it.
Downvotes, on the other hand, are not self-explanatory. Posters, apart from trolls, don't post things they know to be flawed. They post things they think contribute some useful information -- they know why they should be upvoted. They may or not be able to figure out why they're downvoted.
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