Wouldn’t “upvote if you have never heard of it” accomplish the same thing?
That is also what is happening.
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mox@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months ago
If I am incorrect about downvotes being inconsequential account-wide, say so and it might be possible to work out a different system.
Wouldn’t “upvote if you have never heard of it” accomplish the same thing?
I guess it would depend on people reading and following the instructions, instead of just upvoting games they like. Maybe that’s a bit much to ask. :P
ABCDE@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Katana314@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It can be hard to encourage people to only do this for the obscure - and can sometimes lead to moments of “Witcher 3 / Factorio Unknown Indie Darling” moments. The dream is for threads like this to not contribute to successes that are already basically “lightning in a bottle”, but focus attention where developers haven’t seen so much of it.
ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
Yep nailed it.
One of the reasons I hate reddit gaming communities is if you recommend games, the top five comments on all of these threads are always the damn same.
scops@reddthat.com 2 months ago
Fair points, but I can’t participate in this thread because I’m on an instance that doesn’t allow down votes. The up vote solution is at least a bit more inclusive
Wrufieotnak@feddit.org 2 months ago
Wait, I thought that only applies to communities on that instance, not to a case like this, where you are on another instance? Are you using an app or a browser based way to access the fediverse?
scops@reddthat.com 2 months ago
I don’t have downvote arrows in either my browser or Jerboa on Android.
Omniraptor@lemm.ee 2 months ago
This thread is very nice great idea op