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.
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Zagorath@aussie.zone 3 days agoYou know that downvotes aren’t harmless, right? Your downvotes affect everyone.
teft@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Zagorath@aussie.zone 3 days ago
The point of the voting system is to decide which posts are seen by more or fewer people.
If you downvote a perfectly good post, you’re stopping people from seeing it. You cannot try to justify that by pretending it’s harmless.
teft@lemmy.world 3 days ago
That might be your reason for the voting system. That doesn’t make it everyone else’s reason.
A downvote doesn’t stop people from seeing a post. They just have to scroll farther. Also your definition of “a perfectly good post” might not be the same as mine or someone else’s.
Zagorath@aussie.zone 3 days ago
Ok then, explain to me why you think this post deserves to be downvoted.
ada@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
Not everyone. We have them turned off for a reason!