"Indicators of relevance" is fine in theory, but that's (allegedly) how it was supposed to work on Reddit too, and... it really didn't. It will turn into agree/disagree for a significant amount of people who either don't know or care how voting was intended to work.
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Arxir@lemmy.world 11 months agoI disagree. There is rarely a relevance for like/dislike and all upvotes and downvotes are, should be viewed as and used as indicators of relevance.
Upvote what you find relevant/interesting, not what you agree with or like.
Downvote what you find irrelevant to the community or what uses language that you find inappropriate for that community, not what you disagree with or don’t like.
amio@kbin.social 11 months ago
all-knight-party@fedia.io 11 months ago
You display the problem with that system in your own comment through your wording of "should be". Everyone knows what downvotes and upvotes should be, but due to their intent being unenforceable they just become "that person liked or didn't like this for reasons beyond my knowledge and understanding"
dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
I downvoted this because I don’t like it.
Where is your god now?
Arxir@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I assume you mean, that you disagree with my idea. In this case I find it a somewhat valid use of a downvote within the system that I outlined. But if everyone downvotes what they disagree with, before actually engaging with the content, it turns Lemmy into just another echo chamber.
dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
No I think you’re right, but it’s unenforceable and indistinguishable. Being hung up on it is silly IMO. More transparent to just do 2 sets of arrows.
Sometimes the internet needs to tell you that your content is relevant and also people think you’re s fuckwit :).
Arxir@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Probably right