On one hand downvotes are an expression of negativity, but on the other hand downvotes are an outlet for negativity.
Meanwhile, I’m scratching my head trying to figure out why a bunch of the top comments here got like one downvote each, lol.
Comment on I feel like Fediverse users are nicer to each other and more generous with upvotes than reddit.
generalpotato@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The best part about Lemmy/Kbin etc now are that downvotes aren’t hidden, rightfully so. Just because a set of people don’t agree with you doesn’t mean you shouldn’t have the same visibility as somebody that is more agreeable to a set of people.
Niceness… will change and evolve over time as more and more people join. :-)
GlennMagusHarvey@mander.xyz 1 year ago
generalpotato@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Haha you know I’ve seen that too and I can’t recall if this was the case on Reddit in the early days before they started fucking around with scoring.
shalafi@lemmy.world 1 year ago
New guy here. Reddit exodus. Got perma-banned today. Funny how after 11-years, I’m suddenly hateful and “promoting violence.” 3 reports in 2-months. Huh.
This is gonna sound paranoid, but I think I pissed someone off and they followed me around reporting me.
Anywho, posts seem more mellow here, more thoughtful, fewer childlike reactions.
generalpotato@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Ouch… sorry to hear that. Reddit has definitely gotten Facebook level of scummy. I tried deleted my account 2x, only for those assholes to restore it. Now if only perma bans could make an account and all it’s content to disappear from the site, haha. I was at 9yrs in terms of account age.
Zak@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Voting on Reddit was originally intended to be used as moderation rather than to express agreement or disagreement. That may be too subtle for a huge userbase.
Boiglenoight@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Smaller communities > larger communities.
generalpotato@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Definitely agreed for the most part.