FYI 90.6% of all votes are upvotes.
Comment on Designing Friction (philosophical essay about technology)
smallpatatas@lemm.ee 3 months agoI think there’s a bit of irony in that the most ‘frictionless’ (and dehumanizing) way to interact on Lemmy might be to hit the downvote button. It’s the thing that rewards the knee-jerk, un-considered reaction.
In a way, the downvote button is the thing that perfectly expresses the demand that one’s experience confirm to pre-conceived notions of comfort - without having to face a response from the person being downvoted - and denies the downvoter the potential for growth.
I like this essay too :)
rimu@piefed.social 3 months ago
sfera@beehaw.org 3 months ago
Not all Lemmy instances allow downvoting. So they might not introduce friction, but they remove the (maybe un-considered) negative reaction.