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

Is it dumb or is it that you think it’s dumb. To be or not to be. You see I disagree with a lot of people but I see where they are coming from so I don’t think they are literally idiotic. I’m more apprehensive about living in a system where I only ever see what is agreement with whatever I think aka an echo chamber.

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Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I didn’t say I downvote based on disagreeing. I said I downvote based on if it’s dumb. There are plenty of people that I disagree with that have salient points. The morons are the ones that get the downvote.

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- JennyLaFae@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Ever notice how people tend to judge other’s intelligence by how much their opinions match their own?
  
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  - Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Well I have the best and most correct opinions, so no problems there.
    
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BassTurd@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I will absolutely downvote some people I disagree with if I think they are making a bad faith argument or I think their view is bad. If the masses decide my opinion is wrong then it will work out in the end. If not, then it must have been a bad comment.

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- Zephyr@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  You are, I am, we are the masses. I don’t mind disagreeing with people. I would be more bothered to be somewhere where everyone agrees and we have a culture of chasing off anyone who doesn’t aka an echo chamber. I’ll downvote people being mean because we can disagree and have civil discussion. Also someone blatantly trolling.
  
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Strider@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
People are waaaay to judgy and rarely think outside of their bubble, country, ‘layer’ or can relate that there are differences beyond their knowledge. That’s why I only downvote when I am mostly sure to understand all this context, not just because I don’t like or agree with a statement 🤷

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- Zephyr@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  It seems you and I are birds of a feather. Same experience here. Any divergence from the accepted norm, even if it’s just inquiry is typically met with downvotes. That is most places trend towards an echo chamber, not just here but anywhere online.
  
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  - Strider@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    And again I think - who would even downvote that answer.
    
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HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Nah it’s dumb

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- Zephyr@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  It is pretty common that people treat their views as an infallible truth. Anything they think is good and smart and any disagreement is bad and dumb.
  
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