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People downvoting a post for a support group.

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Zerlyna@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world⁩

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  • zephr_c@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I mean, it’s at +4 and 83% upvotes. That’s just 5 upvotes and 1 downvote. There’s always that one guy.

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    • TheBig2023Meltdown@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Also probably a misclick

      I’ve discovered many posts that I’ve managed to downvote without realising… I go through my profile every so often out of curiousity

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      • can@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Mis swipe too. I’ve swiped a comment past upvote into downvote before.

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      • intensely_human@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I don’t know about the community but it could be against the intention of the community.

        Someone might disagree with the group nature of the proposed commitment. They might be thinking that social commitment dilutes the commitment to the self that’s the key factor in taking control of an addiction.

        It’s foolish to always assume anyone who disagrees with your methods is an asshole looking to cause pain. Sometimes people just don’t think what you’re doing is going to work, and they want it to work, so that’s why they oppose the plan.

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      • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I rarely use my dialing wand on the internet, so it takes me a few presses to get the right vote sometimes.

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      • scarabic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        The app I manage gets a very small but steady stream of 1 star reviews that say “great app, thanks!”

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    • thepianistfroggollum@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It’s the internet, so I’m not sure why anyone would be surprised.

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      • Zerlyna@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I thought nicer people were on lemmy. 😔

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  • Candelestine@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    You know… I don’t think I’m going to have a drink today.

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    • glimse@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I’m happy to hear that.

      For anyone with a drinking problem who is hesitant to start AA:

      1. They do not push religion on you. I thought they did, but they don’t.

      2. It doesn’t work for everyone but it worked for my best friend - someone who I thought it would NEVER work for.

      3. It can be a bit somber but it’s also a social gathering. I’ve seen meetings, they’re usually pretty upbeat

      4. You are not a faker if you go to AA and still smoke weed. They don’t promote it but a lot of people do it regardless.

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      • canthidium@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I still couldn’t do AA because even though it’s not “religion” they still push the higher power stuff. That it’s bigger than you and stuff. I never liked that because it takes the responsibility away from the person. To me, it’s both. It can be a disease that you have trouble controlling while also, you have to take responsibility and learn to manage it. For me I just had to stop and avoid going to bars and stuff. But I was also a social drinker, never drank alone so staying away helped me a lot. Of course others may be different.

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  • AquaTofana@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Meh, fuck the downvotes. Its an important daily post in an important community. I really enjoy the accountability it provides.

    But is not gonna be for everyone. Most people are normies who are good with never drinking or only have one or two every few weeks at best.

    Maybe they just want it off their homepage. Who knows?

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    • rbhfd@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Or people that drink much more often, see this post, and find it too confronting for themselves.

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      • AquaTofana@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        That makes me kinda sad actually, but the reality is, you could be right.

        It’s a pretty hard thing to wrestle with the idea of sobriety if someone can’t imagine living their life that way. I get it. I’m a partier at heart who always wants to be out and about with people socializing, and the bar is the easiest place to gather other adults.

        Hopefully if they are someone who wants to cut back, (and can do so safely), they take a peek in and see that it’s not meant to be judgey. If someone checks in for a day or two and not the next, no one is coming after anyone/shaming anyone/questioning anyone. Just come back the next time you don’t wanna drink. It’s that low threat and chill.

        I’m a verbose individual so I write novels, but most folks are legit just like “Not drinking today”, and leave it at that. Whatever works, right?

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    • nandeEbisu@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Probably people who just didn’t want it on their feed and didn’t know how to block the channel.

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  • deegeese@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Downvoting wholesome posts is almost as bad as complaining about downvotes.

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  • Polar@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Well ya, it’s not about Linux, FOSS, or hatred for cars. Lemmy only likes those things.

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  • Thoth19@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It’s also entirely possible that someone just really doesn’t like that such content exists. Stop drinking is meant as a support group for alcoholics. But it’s messaging sounds a bit like moral crusading against alcohol. And that sounds like the sort of thing someone scrolling through a front page would take objection to.

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    • DigitalPaperTrail@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      everyone seems to have their own definition of what the upvote/downvote means, when it boils down to any connotations of positive/negative emotions linked to content. commenting adds context to them, otherwise that person's interpretation could mean anything

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      • ryathal@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Pretending that votes mean any more than agree/disagree is just a delusion.

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  • amio@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    People downvote the weirdest shit for the weirdest reasons sometimes.

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  • Nomad@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Can you link the post? Cant find it in the community…thanks

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    • Zerlyna@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      lemmy.world/post/5890500

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  • diocan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That’s the right thing to do

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  • intensely_human@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Where are you seeing the downvotes here?

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    • Zerlyna@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Not 100%.

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      • glad_cat@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        You can’t have 100% of the world to agree with you.

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  • Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Was it posted in their own community or is it an advertisement for their community posted in another community?

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    • Zerlyna@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      That was the original post.

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  • FireTower@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    There needs to be a way to opt to remove your post from hot/active.

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    • anonymoose@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Block the community?

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      • FireTower@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I meant to proactively remove your own post from circulation. Communities that are things that the stereotypical Lemmy user doesn’t agree with like the Christianity or Conservative one tend to get down voted by people outside the group even if the particular post is a good post for that community.

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    • Zerlyna@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It’s neither on the web?

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      • FireTower@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I haven’t use the web page much I used connect and have since transitioned to boost.

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