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    • @[email protected]
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      406 months ago

      Reddit used to show downvotes, sort by controversial, and hide by variable net downvote totals.

      Then someone in admin decided it wasn’t good for business, so all the features got phased out.

      • Dizzy Devil Ducky
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        6 months ago

        Unless it’s a setting I missed, same with Voyager.

        Edit: I am as dumb as a bag of rocks. Couple comments down the chain and someone pointed out it’s a feature on Voyager.

    • r3df0x ✡️✝☪️
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      26 months ago

      Reddit also has vote fuzzing where you can get the number of votes, but it’s always manipulated for some reason.

      I don’t understand the point, and tbh it’s a serious case of social media mind fuckery. It’s a real problem for anyone who creates an incredibly specific subreddit for use by a group and then everyone is left wondering who keeps downvoting them. That can have real life consequences for anyone who doesn’t understand what is happening.