Voting here doesn’t influence your feed
It does when you use sorting algorithms that depend on it.
FrostyTrichs@crazypeople.online 1 week ago
Being able to disable downvoting is one of the best features Lemmy has and I wish more instances would do it.
Voting here doesn’t influence your feed and largely serves to spread negativity. Turning it off has a negligible impact on usability and an undeniable advantage when people decide their feelings matter more than someone else’s, like whatever this is.
We’ve de-federated from both the instances being used for manipulative voting.
asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev 1 week ago
FrostyTrichs@crazypeople.online 1 week ago
Not with downvotes disabled 😉
db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
I want to see it per-community. We use voting for actually decision making in my instance, so we can’t disable it instance-wide.
FrostyTrichs@crazypeople.online 1 week ago
That would be a useful feature. Maybe something to roll out alongside private communities and things coming in the future.
Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I fully disagree, in your scenario people wouldn’t realize how fucktastically bad your idea is
Look at what removing downvotes did to youtube, you seriously want that here?
vurr@lemm.ee 1 week ago
I disagree. Downvoting is essential for Lemmy. I often disagree with something and it’s right to have a democratic vote on topics.
Snowpix@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
Also helps identify trolls and bad actors at a glance if you don’t already have them tagged as such.
DonaldJMusk@lemmy.today 1 week ago
Unless there’s been a bunch of downvote manipulation going on, as in the case of OP’s example (and which I was the target of).
Snowpix@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
Oh, don’t play the victim. Everyone knows who you really are.
catloaf@lemm.ee 1 week ago
You shouldn’t downvote just because you disagree. You should vote based on whether it’s productive content.
_cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
How is downvoting essential? It doesn’t do shit.
FrostyTrichs@crazypeople.online 1 week ago
That’s fine, but removing downvoting doesn’t prevent the discussion. It curbs drive-by negativity which is a good thing IMO.
Obviously everyone is free to disagree with things. It should be more than absentmindedly hitting a down arrow though. Others obviously feel differently. Thankfully both exist on Lemmy.