Comment on Donald Trump dominated extraordinary NATO summit that saw European defence spending increase

• Zagorath@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  What a dumb take. If you downvote a post that clearly belongs in a community just because you don’t like the news, all you’re doing is preventing others from learning about it. You’re not sending an anti-Trump message.

  source

  • teft@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    What i do with my downvotes is my own agenda. Same with your downvotes and your agenda.

    Complaining about downvotes just earns more downvotes. Trying to police other peoples harmless behavior on the internet just because you don’t like it is just going to give you a headache.

    Who says people are sending an anti trump message? Maybe they don’t like op. Maybe they don’t like the source. Maybe they always downvotes at midnight. You’ll never know because the internet is capricious and weird.

    source

    • Zagorath@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Oh, and if you’re downvoting because “they don’t like op”, that’s definitely not a valid use of the downvote. Use the block function.

      If you don’t like the source, you’re right, that’s valid. But given it’s the ABC we’re talking about here, I very much doubt that’s it for enough people that this post got down to -3.

      source
    • Zagorath@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      You know that downvotes aren’t harmless, right? Your downvotes affect everyone.

      source

      • ada@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Not everyone. We have them turned off for a reason!

        source
      • teft@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Are the downvotes in the room with you right now?

        Pixels on a screen denoting disagreement are harmless and if you feel otherwise maybe you should go touch grass to improve your mental health.

        source

        • -> View More Comments