So far not really, though I think it’s inevitable eventually. The way I see it, people on other instances downvoting our content affects how that content is displayed on HC. So while our flavor of content is not for them, their opinion impacts how this content is displayed for us too.
If we did disable downvotes, people on other instances would still be able to downvote our stuff and that’s fine, but it wouldn’t impact how our stuff is displayed locally for us.
The downside of course is we no longer can downvote anything either.
SJ0@hilariouschaos.com 6 months ago
The one downside to people voicing their disappointment in replies, is once they open their mouths and make their argument, you quickly realize that it doesn’t matter that they didn’t like the post because they’re idiots. If you get a thousand idiots replying to a post, that doesn’t make the post any weaker, but if you get a thousand idiots downloading it without saying why, why that looks really impressive LOL