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Maturity is the ability to disagree with respect.
Mature? Like downvoting a post asking why something is being downvoted? Like responding "Because I don't want to" when asked why you don't just block a bot?
There's no way these things are more mature than just doing what we should all be doing: just scrolling past. There's rarely any need for downvotes, and the idea that we're just supposed to guess what you mean by them is ludicrous.
Downvotes mean exactly the same thing as upvotes, that I either like or dislike the content.
There’s nothing deep here. This is random social media where votes and points don’t matter. Everyone has their own interpretation of what an upvote or downvote means. No one gets to dictate it.
Getting upset about downvotes, that’s the only ludicrous thing happening in this thread.
I'm not upset at downvotes. My comment got plenty of 'em. It's fine.
If the meaning of them is so individual and nebulous, then I'm even more mystified why anyone would hand them out. You dislike something, but so what? What's anyone supposed to do with that information? They can't be interpreted as anything apparently. Lemmy's userbase is too shallow and it's sorting algorithms too unsophisticated for anything to get buried. So it's an action without a goal, a petulant thumbs down that in most cases just leaves someone puzzled as to why it happened at all.
Then it should be that much easier to ignore them and get on with your day.
Yeah, I get your point. I just don't think pushing them for a justification was the right move.