Comment on User "threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works" is banning users for downvoting his posts.
Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 16 hours agoYour position is reasonable if down votes are suppressive, but I wouldn’t develop a content algorithm that treated them as such.
I would use an “engagement” algorithm. Upvoting increases engagement, commenting increases engagement, down voting increases engagement, reporting increases engagement. The viewing time - the time between initially accessing it and viewing a new page - increases engagement.
The most suppressive thing you can do to a piece of content is click away in less than 20 seconds.
Skavau@piefed.social 16 hours ago
Well that would mean a lot of attention seeking troll posts could trend.
Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 14 hours ago
Depends on how exactly it’s implemented, sure. That obviously isn’t the result I’d be looking for.
My point, though, is only that a “downvote” need not mean “hide this kind of post away from the general public”. A downvote can mean something more like “This pissed me off and more people should read it.”