Submitted 1 day ago by Popsicles@lemmy.wtf to [deleted]
If some things get downvoted way out of proportion, and those downvotes come mostly from people in certain instances, and instances have the power to block each other, it stands to reason some instance out there managed to block the instances that contribute the most downvotes, causing them to have mainly upvotes. Right?
I don’t know where you’re seeing this and why it’s such a concern. In general, Lemmy denizens are more down-to-earth than redditors, in my experience.
If some things get downvoted way out of proportion
A thing I learned on that other site starting with a R is that Up/Down votes aren’t rational you can get a lot of votes for a one line joke not answering the question, and get downvoted for a long argumented paragraph without anybody telling you wha’t s wrong. So I tend to not care about votes.
Indeed, I don’t get why upvotes are public, but downvotes are hidden unless you have some admin rights on an instance.
SolOrion@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Some instances just disable downvotes. I have no idea exactly how that functions exactly, but I’d guess that matters. IIRC Beehaw and Lemmynsfw have both disabled downvotes. There’s probably more.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
To be clear, you can still be heavily downvoted, you just won’t see it.
They disable downvotes on their own instance, which means they don’t federate downvotes from other instances to their own.
I can still be heavily downvoted on say, lemmy.world, I just won’t see it. People using the instance the downvotes are originating on will see it, however.
schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
beehaw definitely
“how that functions exactly” - well, you just change the code to ignore it when a user does try to downvote something, don’t store it in the database or forward it to other users/servers…
candyman337@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
It’s just an option in the admin settings to enable or disable downvotes, no code editing needed
SolOrion@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I mean more in relation to federation. I’m not sure how downvotes work with federation as a whole, honestly.
thezeesystem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
Mine disables it also (blahaj.zone).