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CrypticCoffee@lemmy.world â¨7⊠â¨months⊠agoA bit delayed, but you posted in fuck cars, about why car disincentive schemes are a cash grab. It wasnât about Fox news.
I mean, I donât disagree with you that if you donât use the proceeds to help the planet or infra improve for non-car users, it is just a cash grab, but you probably needs to be aware what community youâre on, and what the consensus view is. Saying that 4chan is for right wing racist kids on green text is going to get you swimming in downvotes. It doesnât mean anything bad about you, or your view, it just means you probably werenât fully aware of the context and probably are a little bit sensitive about downvotes. Karma does not matter here, and disagreements and downvotes mean people care about what you say, even if itâs in a disagreeable way.
I donât agree with your take, but I appreciate you being here. :)
TauZero@mander.xyz â¨7⊠â¨months⊠ago
Oh I was well aware what community I was in đ. I hate cars and exclusively ride bikes myself and here I was making a joke how I managed to get !fuck_cars of all places to downvote me for not watching fox news. All because my groupthink is not exactly identical to their groupthink (I am not the grandparent comment btw).
The secret is that karma does not matter anywhere! However, as long as the comment sorting algorithm is the way it is, I will keep believing that the downvote button is for posts that are non-constructive contributions, not for disagreement. Burying discussion is not constructive, but thatâs what the algorithm will do. Maybe this is a hopeless task, but I wish that after a conversation I have learned something new, or taught someone something, not just made myself feel better.