If this instance was all about math and someone claims that 1+1 = 11, then I can see how being able to downvote them would be a useful feature. But for people posting nudes and porn? I don’t really see the point.

  • @ayawnymouse
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    91 year ago

    To discourage off-topic posts, clickbait titles, spam image hosts, general low quality content, etc. The type of thing which isn’t worth trying to report and might not be against specific rules, but still we want less of it.

    • @between2boobiesOP
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      -51 year ago

      Is that what it’s really being used for though? I think people are just downvoting content they don’t want to see.

      • @ayawnymouse
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        41 year ago

        If large numbers of people don’t want to see something in a particular community, perhaps the poster should consider posting it elsewhere or not at all.

        • @Giggity
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          21 year ago

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          • @ayawnymouse
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            31 year ago

            I don’t think there’s anything wrong with using them as like/dislike buttons on LemmyNSFW. This isn’t a “does it contribute to the conversation” instance for the most part (this particular community being an exception - I upvoted this post because it’s worth discussing even if I disagree with OP’s request)
            Porn is a subjective art, and some is better or worse as judged by a given audience. I want the things people like to rank higher than the things they are meh about, and the things they actively dislike to rank even lower than that.

            As for the difference, a downvote is a much stronger statement. On the rare occasions that I do downvote here it means I truly want to see less like that for whatever reason, while posts I just don’t care about I don’t vote on, and I think that’s an important distinction to have available. (There are so many times I’ve wished I could “dislike” Twitter posts…)

            • @Giggity
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              11 year ago

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              • @between2boobiesOP
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                11 year ago

                The problem is people who actually want to see the downvoted content won’t be able to because it’s so heavily downvoted.

                • @Giggity
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                  11 year ago

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                  • @between2boobiesOP
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                    11 year ago

                    It’s the opposite for me. If I see a downvoted post I’ll think there’s something wrong with it and avoid it. I did enjoy sorting comments by controversial on reddit though.

            • @between2boobiesOP
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              11 year ago

              Do you browse by new when you downvote posts? If so, wouldn’t that just prevent the people that actually want to see that content from seeing it?