Downvotes

3 years ago by BenisboBenis to c/memes

Veedems 29 points 3 years ago

I’ve never heard this. I’m pretty sure the internet has decided otherwise.

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Dirk 25 points 3 years ago

This is not Reddit.

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MonsieurHedge 18 points 3 years ago

Alright, hot take: This isn't the case, especially on Lemmy/kbin. Since upvotes/downvotes don't influence sorting, and scores aren't totaled into a single number, there's not really any downside to downvoting someone for just being a shitty opinion or something. If anything, it's actively informative that this-many-people thought this guy was dumb, but _this* many people thought it was good.

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roon 0 points 3 years ago

Wait, so it's not supposed to be totalled?

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DmMacniel 3 points 3 years ago

Some clients show a total next to the amount of up and downvotes.

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roon 0 points 3 years ago

Yeah I use Voyager that shows the total

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Udonezo 17 points 3 years ago

It's literally a vote, not a relevancy guide

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Kolanaki 17 points 3 years ago

Up and down buttons started off as "like" and "dislike" buttons. That is what it's always meant, and is likely to continue being how most people use them

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PeriodicallyPedantic 16 points 3 years ago

I mean, you practically asked for the downvotes. (Also, if that is truely the intent, then they've made some critical errors in UX design)

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Creyapnilla 16 points 3 years ago

If they have a restricted use, why am I given discretional control of them? 🤔

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MyOtherCarIsEpona 5 points 3 years ago

It's for content that you don't want to see. The reason is your business. I think you're confusing the etiquette rule that downvotes are not for opinions you disagree with, because we want people to be able to discuss different viewpoints without the hivemind casting them into the ether.

If there's content you don't like it is perfectly valid to downvote.

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mp3 4 points 3 years ago

oof, ratioed af

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LastoftheDinosaurs 2 points 3 years ago

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InfiniWheel -10 points 3 years ago

Jokes on you my instance turned off downvotes