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Didn’t lemmynsfw specifically have downvotes disabled because people didn’t know how to correctly it and were downvoting just because they didnt like something vs it not being relevant to the community? I know this was heavily impacting guys who were trying to post in forums that were valid for example.

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muntedcrocodile@hilariouschaos.com ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Downvotes are a “I don’t like this” signal that’s the entire purpose. Of course it meant that guys posting got berried that’s the whole point. That content was unpopular thus it got downvoted saving mW from having to see it. I don’t care how valid ur post is if its not popular then its not popular that’s how the marketplace of ideas works.

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NekoKoneko@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I believe that was the rationale for disabling downvotes. Honestly, it was pretty nice. Really, only rule-breaking content should be downvoted in my opinion. But everyone just uses it as a “don’t like” signal, which further marginalizes small/niche posters and communities that aren’t breaking any rules, by suppressing their posts with negative ratios.

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- dohpaz42@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Rule breaking should be reported. Downvotes should indicate relevance or general disapproval. But that’s my opinion. Feel free to downvote. 😉
  
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  - NekoKoneko@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Yeah, my opinion is rule-breaking should be reported. The phrase I should have used is “bad-faith conduct.” Sealioning, LLM-likely text, propaganda posts, troll comments. Things that may not break rules but still are outside the bounds of respectful or legitimate effort.
    
    If people want to use it to express general disapproval, the result will be a reddit-like leveling of commentary and opinion, because the bell curve of opinion will keep narrowing to just the most statistically acceptable content.
    
    But if you insist on using the for just “disapproval,” I’d at least suggest doing it asymmetrically: upvote if you liked a thing at all; downvote only if you absolutely hate it.
    
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