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Do you want downvotes? (POLL) (lemmynsfw.com)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Currently downvotes are enabled on a trial basis, this was done by me to see if they can be enabled to prevent spam from rising to the top of communities, along with the fact that is another form of interaction/feedback.

However I've gotten some pushback for this and so I'd like to see the general consensus of this decision. Please put any comments/concerns in this thread, and please vote here: (Link gone poll is done)

the results of this poll and the comments will determine if we keep or remove downvotes again

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (9 children)

A poll isn't a good way to decide this. Regular posters suffer from downvotes more than others, and they drive our community. Their opinion should count for more.

Currently three regular posters have complained about it:

Radovic
Cleverhans
LVL3_Eroticism.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Yes I definitely understand that, that's why the comments here and the poll are being taken into consideration

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (7 children)

To be quite frank, I don't know why you're even doing this. We had a discussion about it last year and all the same points were raised after which you turned them off, only to turn them on and have another debate a few weeks later and you then had to turn them off again. I think you know that you will probably have to turn them off again at some point. So how about you level with us, what is it about downvotes that you find so compelling?

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

The stated reason is spam. We've been getting a lot of that recently, so I get admins are looking for a way to deal with it. But the spam is being upvoted, so I don't think it's working.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 week ago

Yeah this time spam. This is admin Yay talking about it last year:

Some people found it right, some people hated it, some people hesitated. At the end of the day, since we are on a disorganised platform like fediverse, I find the decision we took right. However, I was also annoyed by the lack of downvotes. So I searched for a solution.

https://lemmynsfw.com/post/4962186

Then he said this a few months later:

As you may notice, downvotes have been completely off for the last few days. I did this because I couldn’t resist the pressure of some friends :/ I still don’t know what to do about this. The majority of members probably want it to be completely open. As mods, posters and admins; some think it should be closed, some think it should be restricted (I guess).

I guess there is no solution that makes everyone happy. I realized I don’t have admin skills in stressful situations, I’m a fucking stupid lol :D I miss @gabe so much.

lemmyposter212 suggested “fuzzy votes” or something that can work for us too. I think I’ll just ghost this issue for a while.

https://lemmynsfw.com/post/7152586

"Annoyed by the lack" and ":/" sounds like the admins just want downvotes. Well, it is their instance and they will have what they want.

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