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Probably better to post in the github issue rather than replying here.

https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/4967

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[–] SomeGuy69@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Downvotes are one of the most important indicator if a post is trolling or nonsense. If it only shows the total, you lose all sense of perspective. A post could have 2 upvotes and 1 downvote or 10000 upvotes and 9999 downvoted, this massively changes the context of a post. Also why should I not use a vote to say I disagreed with something? I don't always want to write a detailed explanation, especially not when people reply with "did an AI write this?" or simply ignore what I said. Most cases are not like your comment where there's a valid reason to explain something.

[–] halm@leminal.space 1 points 3 months ago

I don’t always want to write a detailed explanation, especially not when people reply with “did an AI write this?"

No, much better that they have to wonder in private "did a not just downvote me?" 🙂 But I do appreciate you replying, much more than I would a vote in either direction.