Comment on Post upvotes are like github stars
JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 2 months agofunctionally the downvote button is the “I had a negative reaction to this button” and the up vote is the “I had a positive reaction to this button”
Exactly this.
Some of my favorite comments have loads of downvotes and to me it just makes whatever dumb shit I said funnier
If you’re talking about your comments, and you laugh at others who downvote them, then well done. But I submit that most humans are not so thick-skinned.
There’s also the question of visibility: downvoting a comment is not just saying “You’re wrong”, it’s making the comment less visible to others. A form of censorship, basically. I personally find it extremely annoying and unfair when it happens.
Perhaps it also has to do with how much time and thought you put into the offending comment.
Fleur__@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Man you can’t be spending more than 30 seconds on a comment. If its taking longer to write out just delete it and move on. If you’ve really got something to say in longer than 30 seconds make a post about it
JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Not bad advice, admittedly