That might be the point of the system but in reality it is definitely used for like/dislike. Someone says that they like Windows and/or dislike Linux and they are guaranteed to get downvotes.
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Cybersteel@lemmy.world 2 months agoI thought the point of the system is to mark down out of context comments that doesn’t contribute to the post and not a I disagree button or super upvote.
morriscox@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Brahvim@lemmy.kde.social 2 months ago
Well, this isn’t exactly stackoverflow…!
It is rare for things to be out of context…
Really, upvotes and downvotes are more or less… just… whatever made most people satisfied enough with a comment that they wanted to say they dis-/-liked it.