• @[email protected]
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    252 years ago

    If everything is upvoted then doesn’t that kind of defeat the point? Isn’t the point of voting to raise the good stuff to the top? So I don’t have to browse furry porn to see some news highlights or shitposts.

        • @[email protected]OP
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          22 years ago

          I’m selfish, I created a bunch of communities I want to see become successful enough that I can hand off to other people to moderate. That requires me trying to create an environment where people are comfortable posting.

    • @[email protected]OP
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      22 years ago

      Thank you, but this was actually inspired by a post I saw where someone said something disagreeable to most, but I was just grateful they tried. Especially with how slow yesterday was.

  • superkret
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    42 years ago

    I upvote everyone who answers on one of my posts or comments, except for trolls.

  • @[email protected]
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    Get off your high fucking horse. Upvotes are for content you want to see, downvotes are for content you don’t. Can we stop pretending there’s some bullshit morality attached or that they’re for anything other than base popularity?

  • @[email protected]
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    312 years ago

    I upvote signal and downvote noise. Novelty is good whether I agree with it or not, redundancy is bad.

  • Bappity
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    572 years ago

    the reason I upvote a post can differ. sometimes it’ll be because I agree with it, sometimes it’ll be because I want more people to see it and interact with it.

  • @[email protected]
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    912 years ago

    If it’s garbage then I’ll downvote it and maybe block the user if they continue to post garbage in the future.

    Yes it’s effort, but is it constructive?

    • @[email protected]OP
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      32 years ago

      Put it like this, there’s a reason YouTube removed dislikes, because they need to keep seeing new channels. So even if the old popular channels die, they’ll have newer channels to replace them. That starts with making toxic disliking redundant. Don’t for a second think there’s no place for dislikes, but as a “I don’t like you” or “I disagree”, it’s counter productive.

      • @[email protected]
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        42 years ago

        Yes, some people do misuse down voting, but it’s absolutely worth it in my mind. It prevents bigotry from both being shown highly and also makes it clear that bigotry isn’t acceptable. How do you think someone feels when they see a bigoted comment and it’s in the positives. I’ll answer that question cause I’ve seen it all the time: it’s depressing as fuck. It still sucks to see bigoted comments at all, but at least when they’re downvoted to hell, it feels better. It feels nice to know that the bigotry isn’t accepted by others and that the bigot is in the minority.

        Similar for general misinformation, scams, etc. It’d be nice if bad comments could just get removed before you see them, but that will never be perfect. Even well moderated communities still have delays before moderators see reports and most people won’t take the time to report either.

  • @[email protected]
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    52 years ago

    I frequently upvote amd comment here as a means of contribution because we need to make Lemmy bigger and pull in users.

  • @[email protected]
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    272 years ago

    This isn’t Reddit, there’s no account-wide tracking of special Internet points to worry about.

    • @[email protected]
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      32 years ago

      Well. The points are there in the backend, right? I guess you are saying we just shouldn’t worry about them.

      I liked being able to look at someone’s comment history and karma score to determine if they were a troll. Also liked how many subreddits wouldn’t let you post until you had a bit of positive karma in the sub.

      • @[email protected]
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        12 years ago

        Only if they are have no self esteem and need validation from strangers, upvotes are mostly fluff, downvotes when not abused are the better way of doing things

        Someone says the earth is flat… downvote, someone says I wonder why they think like that let’s try and understand why they think like that doesn’t deserve a downvote, but with the current online echo chambers on both sides these are how downvotes are used

        • Stoneykins [any]
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          42 years ago

          Nah, getting a dopamine hit is the standard human reaction to getting approval, and upvotes are basically distilled approval. You can pretend you are “tough” and don’t care about “validation from strangers” but normal people get a sense of satisfaction and a desire to repeat it when they post something online that is well received.

          Hell, that emotional reaction is the entire motivating factor that keeps every social media site full of fresh content. People want to be liked.

          • @[email protected]
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            32 years ago

            Yeah you are right I’m not immune to our biological hardwiring it’s not a me being tough thing however, not everyone is equally affected by it.

            I don’t have social media as I don’t see value in it, also if my comments get downvoted to shit or upvoted I don’t really care because these things aren’t real life to me

            Even in real life if someone praises me for doing a good job it’s a nice thing to do for sure but I don’t actually care about getting praise especially from strangers, if it’s someone I know then sure

            • Stoneykins [any]
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              22 years ago

              Sure, everyone is variable and your personal experience is valid. It isn’t very different from mine, tbh (also lemmy is social media so…)

              I just took exception to the “(people are motivated by upvotes) …only if they have no self esteem and need validation from strangers” part. Many people are motivated by upvotes, but there isn’t anything necessarily wrong with that, and it certainly doesn’t mean they have low self esteem or anything. It just felt rude.

    • @[email protected]
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      192 years ago

      It’s about scoring to help sorting through content that’s relevant, not a competition for points.

  • @[email protected]
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    72 years ago

    Has anyone made a Simpsons shitpost thing I can join? That’s pretty much all I miss from reddit. That and Slay by Comment