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Downvotes = “I disagree” or “this is bad and you should feel bad”? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by maegul@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I think I’ve settled on the latter. Disagreement is maybe best communicated by the absence of an upvote? And downvotes work best when they signal something that is just off base, and while not reportable, is not appreciated at a broad cultural level.

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[–] Saigonauticon@voltage.vn 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's some part of my brain that applies display:none to the upvote/downvote function on every platform.

So if I don't vote on your content it's not because I hate it. My brain is just wired to automatically edit out anything that's not content. Mostly this means ads, but voting features seem to have been caught in the net too.

[–] rynzcycle@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I feel this very much, but yet I've upvoted you... The brain is weird.

[–] socsa@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

And I downvoted because "I have special eyes" posts are cringe.