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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] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

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

Lemmy has downvotes, some instances just disable them

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

I liked the fact that we don't have downvotes here.

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

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?

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

I would go as far as saying I wish the upvote button were gone too.

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

And I totally agree with you. If the downvote option is disabled then same should be applied to up votes. The arguments been put out here against downvotes also apply to up votes

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