While you’re correct, you gotsta know that’s now how people use it.
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RegalPotoo@lemmy.world 2 months ago
sigh I thought we’d learnt this by now.
Repeat after me:
Upvoting a post is a signal that the post is good content, not that you endorse the content
Downvoting a post is a signal that the post is abusive, spammy, trolling, or otherwise bad, not that you personally disapprove
T00l_shed@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
As far as changing how users use up/downvotes, I can see two methods. The expedient method is admin banning “abusers,” and that would cause a monumental shitshow. Forcing the issue is just going to kill an instance. Admin posts and continuous calls to action, on the other hand, would elicit ironic downvoters but has a chance of gradually shifting attitudes. Honestly doesn’t seem worth the grief either way.
nehal3m@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
The purpose of a system is what it does.