Comment on Is anyone else apprehensive to down voting even if you're being down voted?

RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• Zephyr@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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.

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  • velma@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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.

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    • Zephyr@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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.

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      • velma@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        You specifically said “this platform”. This platform does not run on upvotes and downvotes.

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    • fizzle@quokk.au ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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.

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• charokol@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  34 upvotes so far! Nice work!

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