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squiblet@kbin.social â¨7⊠â¨months⊠agoHaving bounced back to reddit a couple of times, I havenât had that experience. Talking here seems to lead to more thoughtful responses. Also some small minority on reddit love the unexplained downvotes of disapproval for perfectly well intentioned, polite posts, and thereâs less of that on Lemmy.
Okokimup@lemmy.world â¨7⊠â¨months⊠ago
As an example, I started c/52weeksofbaking (copied over from reddit). Its a place for amateur bakers to challenge themselves, try new things, and share their successes and failures. Thereâs zero reason to downvote posts there. I stickied a request for people to not downvote in that community. Itâs currently sitting at 20 upvotes and 18 downvotes.
We can make fun of people for caring about fake internet points, but if we want to get more people to use lemmy and create content, we need to create communities that feel welcoming.
squiblet@kbin.social â¨7⊠â¨months⊠ago
Kind of like people insulting OP in this thread, if you specifically ask people to not downvote something, they will downvote it. I don't think it's a serious sign of ill will.
I like how kbin works in this regard - while downvotes are available, kbin doesn't federate downvotes from other instances. So sometimes I'll have a post that looks like it has a mild positive score and someone will say "not sure why you're getting downvote" and I'm "huh?" Blissfully unaware. I think that while up/down voting can play an important role in moderation, voting and karma it didn't quite work out the way reddit intended originally. Downs are so often used as a way to lash out at someone, and very highly rated posts are often just some silly joke vs. something truly constructive. It's annoying and makes me roll me eyes to have one of those conversations where the other person downvotes each reply as soon as you post it.
flerp@lemm.ee â¨7⊠â¨months⊠ago
I always find it funny. When I respond to someone and point out the flaws in their argument and they donât respond but I get their one immediate downvote, I consider it a victory. They canât respond with any kind of logical argument but also theyâre upset about their inability to defend their point. Itâs like two victories in one.