34 upvotes so far! Nice work!
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RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Try to live your life without worrying about votes.
charokol@lemmy.world 2 months ago
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Nah. I want to make sure I’m being kind enough to not deserve downvotes. It’s a lifelong battle.
Zephyr@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Its more so a curiosity. I’ve noticed others behaviors and was wondering who lives for the downvote vs who is rarely smashing the down vote. This platform kinda fundamentally runs on down and upvotes.
velma@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
This platform does not run on upvotes and downvotes, that’s Reddit. There is no algorithm here that is influenced by votes. In fact, there are some instances that don’t show or allow downvotes at all.
fizzle@quokk.au 2 months ago
I don’t think that’s true.
Lemmy uses vote counts to decide what content to show, just like reddit. The details are described here:
https://join-lemmy.org/docs/contributors/07-ranking-algo.html
The main difference between lemmy and reddit regarding votes, that I’m aware of, is that the votes a user receives are not collated and shown on their profile.
Zephyr@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
The algorithm is between your left and right ear. If you believe votes have no influence on users behavior then I have some unfortunate news for you.
velma@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
You specifically said “this platform”. This platform does not run on upvotes and downvotes.