Really loving the new experiences here on Lemmy.one. But I’m seeing many subs with off-topic posts. Community downvotes will help overworked mods find and remove such posts. I understand no one likes to be downvoted but it’s a necessary tool for our community and only helps users understand and refine what and where they are to be posting their content.

  • Superfly Samurai@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    I don’t know. I like the lack of a downvote.

    If I like it, I up vote.

    If I have something to say to support or refute, I comment.

    If it needs to be reported, I report it.

    Otherwise, I exercise my own right to social media “mokusatsu” and just move on. Almost like it’s not even worth my effort to downvote.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mokusatsu

  • bankimu@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    Oh crap. Lemmy.one doesn’t have downvotes - this is bad.

    Without downvotes it is not easy to know which comments are controversial. I don’t want to join another tiktok or instagram, I want to join something informative and thus a proxy of the value of the information (while not perfect) is critical.

    I thought it was community specific, but looks like I can’t downvote even on other instances.

    I need to look for an alternative now.

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      1 year ago

      Yes, you will have to be sure to join an instance aligned with your values on moderation.

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        Do you happen to know what happens if someone is on an instance that allows downvotes and downvotes a post on a different instance which doesn’t allow them?

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        1 year ago

        I think not having that will turn this into a tiktok or instagram.

        I’m now trying out lemm.ee which has downvotes, and so far looks good.

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          I disagree, but it sounds like lemm.ee will be a better fit for you, and that’s the beauty of the fediverse 👍

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    I dunno. I realize the intent behind downvotes, but on reddit this led to dog piling. And regardless of whether you were “right” or not, if the first 1 or 2 down votes, by pure chance, didn’t like you, your post/comment was basically nuked to the phantom realm.

    If it’s that bad, just report it. If its not worth reporting, its not worth the dog piling either

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      And not having dog-piling leads to reverse dogpiling, where only those with the resources/know how to have a botnet army surreptitiously upvote all other comments achieves the same thing.

      You haven’t gotten rid of the problem, you’ve just removed your own and other average users’ ability to participate in the solution.

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    When I first entered this thread I was on your side. But in a twist of extreme irony, the first 7-10 disagreement replies explaining that giving a reason is better than a random downvote, I ended up siding with them. Maybe between blocking, reporting, and explanations, we have enough?

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    1 year ago

    I don’t miss it. For a lot of people down vote is just a I disagree with your take button instead taking the time to leave a comment instead of refuting it.

    If a comment is really problematic better to just report.

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    I disagree. Initially, I thought lacking downvotes was an issue as well, but I’ve changed my thinking.

    If it’s a post or comment I disagree with, I try to reconcile WHY I disagree, and then use that to participate in the discussion, as opposed to just dropping a downvote and moving on.

    If it’s a post or comment that needs active intervention by a moderator, reporting it is the best solution anyway, not simply downvoting it.

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    I’m actually interested to see how the lack of downvotes affects Lemmy’s community and feel. I’m on kbin, which has downvotes, but I’m wondering if eventually posts from Lemmy will actually feel different.