People will upvote and downvote for any reason, but often do so simply because they agree or disagree with the post. A good moderator does not moderate based on their personal opinions. I would rather not rely on votes for moderation because it’s terrible for that purpose.
Comment on YSK: You can disable scores (upvotes and downvotes) in lemmy, and I think it's great!
acockworkorange@mander.xyz 5 days ago
Voting is decentralized moderation. It’s harder to navigate content in servers that disable downvotes. I get what you’re aiming for here, but the downside is not worth it for me.
hark@lemmy.world 5 days ago
gay_sex@mander.xyz 5 days ago
I agree, I won’t argue against their usefulness. I just meant disabling them for myself personally. I used to tend to judge posts and comments from their upvote/downvote scores rather than their actual content, now I can see them for what they are, in my eyes. I found that pretty cool and refreshing.
acockworkorange@mander.xyz 5 days ago
I understood that, your message was clear. I don’t want to be blind to votes for my own sanity though (filtering out potentially damaging interactions). Different strokes for different folks.