this post was submitted on 17 Jul 2023
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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago

This is not Reddit.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Yeah I use Voyager that shows the total

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year 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)

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

It's literally a vote, not a relevancy guide

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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.

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

oof, ratioed af

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

You can see who downvoted. Just block them.

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