Comment on X weighs adding a downvote button to replies — but it doesn't want to emulate Reddit
bolexforsoup@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months agoThat’s not really the question either. The question is “why do we have a downvote button and what do we hope it accomplishes?”
If your goal is to have an agree/disagree button, then power to you because that is how it is used. But a lot of people, not just myself, don’t want that.
sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
I disagree with “that is how it will be used” because that is not the only way people use it. Self-moderation is more of a pro than agree/disagree is a con.
bolexforsoup@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Self moderation clearly isn’t working if you ask me
sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
I’m not sure how you draw that conclusion. It’s not either or, you have downvoting and mods working together
bolexforsoup@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Let’s kind of refocus here because there are 3 things at play.