Comment on Is anyone else apprehensive to down voting even if you're being down voted?
Zephyr@sh.itjust.works 7 hours agoIts 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 7 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.
Zephyr@sh.itjust.works 7 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.
velma@sh.itjust.works 7 hours ago
You specifically said “this platform”. This platform does not run on upvotes and downvotes.
Zephyr@sh.itjust.works 6 hours ago
I also said the algorithm is between your left and right ear, aka your brain. People act and react to stimulus accordingly. Downvote and upvotes psychology still exists on Lemmy.
SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 4 hours ago
My dude, we are part of this platform and some of us seem to care. So I’d say yes, it runs on those as well, but way less than others.
fizzle@quokk.au 5 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.