Why would you visit the “conservative” section just to downvote everything? I don’t get it.
Because conservatism is a dog whistle for cartoon villainry.
Why are most of the posts here heavily downvoted?
Submitted 5 months ago by McLoud@lemm.ee to conservative@lemm.ee
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marcos@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I’d guess most voting come from people browsing all communities. That’s how I found your post.
realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social 5 months ago
Alice@hilariouschaos.com 5 months ago
Decent
ProIsh@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I did a quick scan and the more misleading and fear mongering posts are downvoted, the news type posts seem upvoted.
Maybe be specific in asking which posts you’re concerned about getting down votes? Otherwise I’m going with my general answer here.
ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
Everything isn’t downvoted. Sort this community by upvotes and you’ll see there are a handful that are positive. You can do the same with the people who post here. Go to their history and sort by most positive. All of them have positive comments and posts.
It’s the content that’s being downvoted. Not the community or the users.
BobaFuttbucker@reddthat.com 5 months ago
I think it has to do with the fact that most of the activity comes from non-conservatives, but mods have enacted a rule that all posts must be conservative with a pro-conservative bias and conservative source.
This means dissent can only happen in the form of downvotes/comments. IMO it’s a deliberate way of structuring the community to have this exact effect on newcomers.
I would much rather an askaconservative-like place where good faith discussions are more prevalent, but alas that is asking too much.
Blamemeta@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Yeah, it’s deliberate. On the lemmy.world version of this sub, every time I would post a conservative story, another user would post something progressive, and then my post would get buried and no one would ever see it or interact with it. Why post if no one ever sees it?
I started this sub to get around that, literally so people would see the conservative posts and talk about them. Sometimes you learn something, sometimes it forces you to actually research your position, sometimes you see another slapfight. Much better than nothing.
If you want to start a sub of your own, just be warned, modding is filled with horrible judgement calls, and until you figure it out, you will fuck it up constantly.
BobaFuttbucker@reddthat.com 5 months ago
every time I would post a conservative story, another user would post something progressive, and then my post would get buried…
That’s because it’s an unpopular post. Rather than focus on the visibility of your content, maybe the problem is the content itself?
Why post if no one ever sees it?
Considering lemmy consists of forums with posts and comments under those posts, I understand that it seems there is no point in posting if no one ever sees it. But remember:
- anything posted can still be searched
- posts can be indexed by other tools and recorded for posterity
Also the point of a platform like lemmy is inherently designed to facilitate conversation. If your posts aren’t getting traction it’s because nobody is interested in conversing about the content you posted.
Again, the problem isn’t the visibility of the content, it’s the content itself.
I totally understand the desire to have your own space and that’s why I’m trying my hardest to adhere to the rules of the community, and appreciate not getting permabanned yet. But you’ve gotta see all you’ve done is create an echo chamber for content people aren’t actually interested in or aren’t buying. Yes, there are conversations happening in the community off those posts, but the majority of those conversations aren’t productive, generally veer off the posted content and still mostly people who aren’t even conservative or aren’t buying what’s being sold.
In effect this community only really achieves 2 things:
- prevents conservative posts from being buried (because no other types are allowed)
- allows you to have a place where you make the rules.
Those are two valid reasons for having a community and I’m glad you have a space, but I don’t see how it accomplishes anything besides appease your desire to see your posts stay elevated in thread.
Maybe rather than being worried about how your posts stack up against others, you should be worried about why so many people disagree with the content you’re posting.
If I post an article from a pro-conservative site that can be easily disproven as either lies or misinformation, what’s the conversation of value to be had there?
Alice@hilariouschaos.com 5 months ago
In what ways or what’s considered, “fucking it up” ? Agree with your comment btw
Alice@hilariouschaos.com 5 months ago
Why don’t you make that community?
BobaFuttbucker@reddthat.com 5 months ago
I would love to! But I don’t know where to start hahaha
realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social 5 months ago
@McLoud I get the impression that this community is mostly left wingers either angrily downvoting posts, angrily downvoting comments, or angrily replying to the right wing/far right articles that get posted here. I kinda get an r/AskTrumpSupporters vibe from this community, with the exception that the right wingers here seem to be markedly more intelligent.
morphballganon@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Did you ever consider the possibility that anger is the appropriate response to certain situations? For example, if someone passed a law that prevented you from receiving medical care, that would warrant anger.
TheDeepState@lemmy.world 5 months ago
They hate you and want you to die.
Alice@hilariouschaos.com 5 months ago
Sadly I kinda think this is true lol no hate on OP, I’m just saying it does feel and look that way
TheDeepState@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Search your feelings. You know it is true.
Alice@hilariouschaos.com 5 months ago
Let me ask you the same question. What do you think is the reason in your opinion ? Not starting a fight here, just want to know what you think.
morphballganon@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I downvote posts if they’re idiotic.
Communities about idiotic ideologies tend to attract idiotic posts.