Comment on 41% of fediverse instances have blocked threads so far!!!

• Deebster@programming.dev ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  No, the downvote is meant to be for things that don’t contribute to the discussion, not for things you disagree with.

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  • killeronthecorner@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Is this documented for Lemmy or just grandfathered from Reddit?

    Not all instances even support upvotes. Some only support downvotes. Does every instance have to agree on the meaning?

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    • Deebster@programming.dev ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Good question. The documentation says:

      On the left side of each post there are up and down arrows, which let you upvote or downvote it. You can upvote posts that you like so that more users will see them. Or downvote posts so that they are less likely to be seen.

      which doesn’t really back me up.

      My downvote principle was meant more generally - most places that have a downvote policy say that it’s not meant for shouting down people you disagree with, since that’s not conducive for civil and balanced conversations.

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      • Infiltrated_ad8271@kbin.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I understand the point (especially if some can't use downvotes) but I hope the alternative isn't something like this post, because I don't think I've ever seen a less civil one.

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  • ggsu7@futurology.today ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Explain the downvotes for my “unrelated” comment.

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  • samus12345@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s the ideal, but we all know that’s not how the majority of users use it.

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• spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Upvotes and downvotes are only there to tell people with no wrinkles how they should feel about a post. It creates a preconceived bias.

  Shut up.

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• calvinbacon@r.nf ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Scolding is the highest form of contribution. Don’t forget to turn on the roomba

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