You think using a platform as it’s been designed is shitty behavior?
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johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world 8 months agoI have no idea if “feddiquette” is a thing but “downvote poor quality comments, not opinions that you disagree with” is pretty fundamental to how downvotes should be used. My feelings remain unhurt but I will call out shitty behavior.
acutfjg@feddit.nl 8 months ago
johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world 8 months ago
The platform has been designed to allow downvotes. If people downvote for shitty reasons, then yes, I think they’re being shitty. The platform only dictates functionality, but humans dictate what’s a good use of that functionality. Downvoting well-formed statements of opinion just because you disagree with them stifles discussion, which kind of defeats the entire purpose of making a discussion platform. Or, put another way, it’s shitty.
acutfjg@feddit.nl 8 months ago
Yeah true. Welcome to the Internet
GnomeKat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
I don’t think that was ever true even on Reddit. You can’t control how people choose to use their vote and I feel that is how things should be.