Comment on People like this

A_norny_mousse@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• Tetsuo@jlai.lu ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  My instance of choice decided to unilaterally and without any warning whatsoever disable downvotes. Just to “try it out”.

  I’m still pissed about it to this day.

  I mean that google removes any kind of downvotes is one stupid thing, but that people think this makes content “better” is crazy to me.

  Now I do understand that in small communities the weight of a super negative account can be quite an issue… But is removing completely any negative feedback the solution ? Really, it’s all we got ?

  Also the simple fact that a lot of this community is from Reddit, IMO it’s not okay to disable a feature like that without even voting on it.

  So if you think disabling negative feedback fixes an issue, you have the burden to prove or at least explain the reasoning.

  I for sure dont think it didn’t make YouTube any less of a cesspool to disable downvotes on it…

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  • Zoot@reddthat.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Personally being on an instance with no down votes I was pretty similar in thinking. Over time though I’ve realized downvotes are just another avenue for anger, there’s no need for them. It removes significant amounts of stress not worrying about it.

    Were here to discuss, chat, and learn new and intriguing things. Up and Down votes don’t matter, block that annoying asshole, tag the contrarian, just worry about yourself and the typical woes of social media subside considerably.

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• MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I have no idea who that is

  I know exactly who this is, even without the username tip-off. Here’s what their record looked like in September:

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  I happened across the user when looking into a string of -1’s on brand new posts in a small community. They were all the same person, and that person downvoted 244 times for each upvote.

  This on its own is not normal behavior. Combine it with this user’s comments - which are pretty much completely on brand for the average Lemmy user - and it becomes even more bizarre.

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  • sukhmel@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Imagine how unbelievably good must be those 19 posts they upvoted

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    • FosterMolasses@leminal.space ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      LMAOOO

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• gedaliyah@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Nothing against downvoting in general, but some people are extremely toxic about it. I don’t get the point.

  Please don’t do a witch hunt - it was censored for a reason. Sorry I didn’t do it thoroughly enough.

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  • A_norny_mousse@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Please don’t do a witch hunt - it was censored for a reason. Sorry I didn’t do it thoroughly enough.

    I’m not. But if this post should evolve into one, that’s on you. Do the sensible thing and remove it.

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• A_A@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  i concur (approved your p.of.view)
  I like Lemmy(*)s, and like to ↑ good stuff and to ↓ at very bad stuff. Yes, of course, there is so much of both in here. And since we have many communities, it is possible for opposite points of view to float upward. Until we have a better system, let’s use what we have.

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