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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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[–] harmonea@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I think it's done more good than harm and don't want to see them anonymized again... but I do have to say I've found myself withholding a downvote that I think was completely justifiable and deserved because I didn't want to be the first and only one and get shit for it.

[–] aaaa@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I guarantee it won't be long before communities begin using this information.

Remember on Reddit how many subs would prematurely ban any accounts that participated in subs they disliked? That was entirely driven by the users, not the platform. Imagine if they had your voting information too.

I predict we'll start seeing throwaway accounts for voting, to disassociate your voting records from your posting persona.

[–] ModernRisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

This is kind of why, I feel like it is a bad thing. People can’t vote normally or are afraid to do so in a way.

Some won’t use the vote system to avoid possible trouble (arguments, downvoting back etc).

I personally have started to care way less about the upvote and downvote stuff. Reddit made it clear to me that it means nothing.

It just internet points and if something goes wrong, it’s all gone anyway.