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how bad is it if someone just never upvotes ever again (hexbear.net)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by 12022081631@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net
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this is an experiment i have done for the last week or something. no upbear counters, no upbear buttons, just sorted by new or new comments. it has been very nice, but i know that inevitably somebody is gonna feel like i'm being snooty to them for not upbearing them. its very nice that people are taking time out of their day to engage with me on the net, and i always feel that when i get the notifications, but i think some of them are gonna take it personally if i keep this crap up

the question: how important is this little courtesy to you???? does it bother you if you dont get upvotes when you are talking to people?

thank you for your replies but know that for responding to this survey i cannot offer any remuneration. you are encouraged to not upbear this post or even report it if you see any flagrant rulebreaks

just for context i have done this experiment to see if it feels better and if i feel less obsessive about innernet points/see if i make better comments without the motivation (turns out this one is a no)

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[–] OgdenTO@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago

I upbeanis most posts I read and any comment that I engage with, or that replies to one of my comments or posts. I like to know that at least someone is reading what I'm writing over here. If I write a comment or post and it stays at 1 upbeanis, what's the point? Is anyone even reading it?