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We Need Downvotes on Lemmy.one (lemmy.one)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah!

The thing is others can downvote you from other instances. Just you can't.

I don't know if lemm.ee takes the downvotes into account for the score, or ignores them. But from other instances you can downvote the same post or comment.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

-1 in terms of a comment score? If you can't downvote, yes, the score is never going to be negative.

That's the beauty of federation: you can choose any of the 90% (or higher) of Lemmy instances that allow downvoting, instead of one of the few that doesn't :)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

The downvote isn't federated.