El_Barto.k but thats an assumption based on nothing. I could say the same exact thing about the other side and it would mean just as much as what you said. Or we can look at the numbers provided.
We don't really have a solid enough data set here. THe poll in here only has 127 votes and is far from scientific (though more people seem to have voted no).
In NSG the problem with the thread votes is its tabulated from all the post up/down votes. So it can't be used specifically to test if people think the thread topic is right, just an indicator of whether the thread is controversial and constructive.
Most people use the up/down vote to rate whether a post is good vs. whether or not they agree with it. Some use it the other way, but the data in a situation like this just isn't good enough.
There is also an immense over-reaction going on right now. The rules aren't even really changing.
https://www.newschoolers.com/forum/thread/340690/Forum-Rules
Those were me re-posting the rules back in 2008 that had been in place since I started at Newschoolers in 2004. JD did noting but re-post that list and state we're going to do a tiny sprinkle more enforcement.
There is an immense over-reaction going on right now. If we all just chilled out, got back to it, NS would get better and we can all go back to our lives. Hell, give it a few weeks and then if the place has gone to shit go on the warpath campaigning for your freedom.