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What is your opinion on the lack of downvotes? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I’m not from Lemmy.one, but I was wondering what you think of not having downvotes. Do you like having the ability to downvote, or not being able to downvote and why?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I like downvotes because I don't like seeing shittakes be uncontested. Truth isn't democratic, but humans are social animals and consensus matters to us even if it shouldn't.

You'll see outright fascist dogwhistles posted to instances that dont use them with nothing but upvotes. Do people know what they're supporting? Are they just upvoting because they see a comment that's apparently uncontested?

The worst combination is some instances using it and others not.

Hell, you dont want the negativity? Want people to approach comments on their own merit?

Get rid of the public display all together. Maybe give junkies a little private dopamine counter if you must.

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

This is where I'm coming from. I can block accounts that are clearly trolls, but if I block them in one instance I can't watch for them in the communities I moderate. So effectively, I can't block them and I can't do anything to discourage them from broadcasting disinformation. There's no option for negative feedback other than to feed the trolls by replying to them.

I'm finding it has consequences that were most likely unintended, enabling the worst people to appear as though their toxic opinions are praiseworthy.