Comment on X weighs adding a downvote button to replies — but it doesn't want to emulate Reddit
eee@lemm.ee 2 months agothat’s fine for a small discord group but it doesn’t scale. you can’t be that active in moderating millions of conversations.
downvotes (and hiding downvoted comments) is a community-driven way of signaling unacceptable behavior. it largely works, except in echo chambers.
bolexforsoup@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
But that isn’t how it’s used at all. It’s used as a disagree/crowd vibe button.
krashmo@lemmy.world 2 months ago
There’s legitimate uses for downvotes but you seem to take issue with people using it to express disagreement. My question is why does that bother you? There’s lots of reasons why that could happen, some valid and some not. Disagreement isn’t usually supposed to signal that you’re a piece of shit or however else you seem to be interpreting it. It just means the people who read your comment don’t share your view but you don’t even know who they are so who cares. It’s a minor thing. It’s equivalent to telling a joke to your friends and no one laughs. Big fucking deal, life goes on.
bolexforsoup@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Because if downvotes are used to express disagreement then all it does is sort by “things most people agree on.” Is that how most forums and communities should operate to you? Do you believe that’s how we should sort things? If so then I simply disagree with that notion and there’s not much more to say. If you don’t, then there’s your answer.
sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
I’m going to jump in and say that the real question isn’t “is the disagree button bad” the real question is, “is the disagree button worse than not having it”?
I don’t use downvote to disagree. I know some people do. But on Lemmy I’ve seen so many times awful comments with positive up notes bc no o e is downloading and hiding them
krashmo@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I don’t have a strong opinion on whether or not downvotes should be used to signal disagreement but I don’t think there’s much point in debating that because that’s how they are used. It seems like the only options are coming to terms with that or not using sites that have the option to downvote. I really don’t think it’s that big of a deal though. If someone doesn’t know how to disagree with others without it ruining their day then they need to learn that skill anyway.