Comment on Anyone else moved from kbin to lemmy?
ttmrichter@lemmy.world 11 months agoThere’s even an option to hide the fantasy Internet points entirely. I love that option because I find fantasy Internet point chasing completely risible.
Comment on Anyone else moved from kbin to lemmy?
ttmrichter@lemmy.world 11 months agoThere’s even an option to hide the fantasy Internet points entirely. I love that option because I find fantasy Internet point chasing completely risible.
Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 11 months ago
‘point chasing’ e.g. karma farmers on reddit is fucking stupid, but I find the metric useful on an individual post. I think of them like an online extension of a facial expression: if I read a post attempting to explain something, and it’s got way more downvotes than up, the kinda tells me the poster is full of shit, which is especially useful in threads where I don’t know enough about the topic to actually identify the bullshit myself.
Or, say I post some joke: if it gets a lot more upvotes than down, that tells me other folks folks got a kick out of it.
It’s just another tool to communicate - and communication is hamstrung right out the gate in a predominately typed medium, so I’ll take the crutch.
ttmrichter@lemmy.world 11 months ago
That is a valid viewpoint.
It’s not mine.
So I turn off the votes view. I have no idea if my votes are up or down. And I don’t care. I love having that choice too!
decisivelyhoodnoises@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
totaly agree. Additionally if I see a post/comment with racist/fascist/sexist views I want to know what the general consensus is. It makes a difference knowing that people disagree or support.