Comment on X weighs adding a downvote button to replies — but it doesn't want to emulate Reddit
sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months agoI 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 4 months ago
Self moderation clearly isn’t working if you ask me
sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 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 4 months ago
Let’s kind of refocus here because there are 3 things at play.
sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
I think we disagree on 1. I think we need them for signaling what is acceptable and what is unacceptable, but you do not think this is necessary 2. We disagree on this, with me thinking that it is used enough to be useful and you thinking it is not. 3. We disagree on this as well: I don’t think it’s sustainable or healthy for mods to shoulder this burden alone in a reddit-style format. Exceptions being perhaps ask-historians who have a very hardworking (volunteer) team and a very niche focus.
Now to make the strongest counter argument against myself: I’ve been to some popular subreddits where some awful things are upvotes a lot, and contrary takes are downvoted. But even this is not too bad because it just signals to me that I don’t want to be part of that community, and find something that’s more in alignment with how I want voting to be used.
To make the agreement for downvoting, on other subreddits I’ve seen comments with -10, and when I open them I see they were trolling/abuse or something, and it confirms my confidence in that community that the overwhelming majority of people do not want to allow that comment, vs just one mod minimizing it, or removing it completely.
Let me know what your think