Comment on X weighs adding a downvote button to replies — but it doesn't want to emulate Reddit
Womble@lemmy.world 2 months agoHow does any of that help against users who derail discussions with rage-bait or offensive but just this side of bannable comments?
bolexforsoup@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
That’s already a problem. We see that stuff all the time. The only way to stop that behavior is comment/post removals and bans. When have downvotes ever deterred troublemakers?
Womble@lemmy.world 2 months ago
they dont deter them, but they offer a method of pushing them down the conversation so others are less likely to see and engage with them. You can go to any large reddit thread and see a huge pile of vile dross downvoted to oblivion down at the bottom, it definitely works for suppressing (some) trolls. The question is whether the increase in group think and circlejerking is worth it.
bolexforsoup@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
that’s nota agree/disagree, that’s filtering for offensive and unwanted content, which you seem convinced only the downvote option can solve and that it does so effectively
Womble@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Please don’t put words in my mouth. I haven’t once said that only downvotes can solve it, just that they do offer a level of filtering. The things that you suggested (block people, sites and communities) do not address that unless you get to an extreme level of isolating a community to the point where it is effectively closed.