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I hardly use reddit and its pissed me off today (AKA: why I'm thankful theres no downvoting on hexbear) (hexbear.net)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Recently an online game I play revealed much of their changes for the next patch. For the specific content that I like to interact with, it seems like theres a rather large (and probably not intended) change to this content that is not only a big "nerf", but also seems to go against the studio's design philosphy. I've made posts and comments talking about it, but the thing I keep running into is people just downvoting what I'm saying into obscurity. I have people interact and with people that are dismissive I iterate exactly why, which very specific information, its not just some small change... and what I get back is a downvote, and really nothing else. I literally upvote everyone that responds, no matter how antagonistic, simply because I want to talk about it and appreciate the interaction, but it seems like people when confronted with information that makes them feel like they had it wrong just reflexively downvote.

Its incredibly infuritating. So yeah, thanks hexbear for doing away with fucking downvotes, this shit seems so toxic and I'm glad I've always relegated reddit into mostly a space where I look up relevant info for whatever hobby, or information about products that I need.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Nice to meet another fello oldie chomsky-yes-honey

On YT, I dunno. I do agree that the dislike button was used to just silence people, which was their stated reason for getting rid of it. But at the same time, it was also used to figure out which videos were just scams or advocating for harmful stuff lol. Oftentimes, you would click on a video looking for a solution to a problem, see the dislikes and realize the video is probably peddling some bs. Now, you don't have that as neatly - there's still comments (but they can be removed, and most people don't comment anyways).

But I agree, discourse on youtube is just ass. There isn't any good solution.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

The way discussion is handled on youtube makes being the first person to say anything paramount, anything else is largely lost in the ether. I've thought about commenting on some rancid chud content before but realized its not even going to come close to being seen, all thats there is just gonna be a billion chuds agreeing with each other. Its really up to content creators to address other content creators (and is maybe a good reason more leftists should embrace content creation as a hobby)