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

  • @CombedSpaghetti
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    16 days ago

    You aren’t entitled to exposure. Voting the good up and the less good down is the fundamental basis of sites like Lemmy and Reddit. As a content creator/poster it of course hurts when your stuff isnt enjoyed by the community, but its the decision of the users what gets big and what doesnt.

    • @lnsfw3
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      515 days ago

      We can’t afford to shit on the few posters we have.

      Radovic is prolific - they post a tonne of content. If they are saying they don’t like the change, listen.

      • @Clevererhans
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        415 days ago

        I am also being shat upon in the past few days by anonymous blanket-downvoter(s) and it’s not a pleasant feeling. Rather discouraging, too.

      • @CombedSpaghetti
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        -115 days ago

        Posters need viewers and vise versa. One cannot function without the other. So no I reject your appeal to authority fallacy.

        • Radovic
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          215 days ago

          I don’t need viewers. I choose to share content with users that like it but if you think I won’t walk away from this instance over this and carry on with my life without looking back then you’re mistaken.

          • @CombedSpaghetti
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            15 days ago

            You don’t need viewers yet you’re up in arms about the -1 vote button coming back?

            • Radovic
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              115 days ago

              What you have to do to actually win this argument is to tell me why I should bother to post anything when people are downvoting it.

              What would motivate me to service the needs of people that hate the majority of content?

              • @CombedSpaghetti
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                115 days ago

                I don’t care about winning against you or getting you to do anything, your opinions and actions after today are your own.

                Suppressing down votes is something I disagree with, and I’m voicing those concerns.

    • Radovic
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      016 days ago

      No, it’s you who aren’t entitled to content.

      If I have to make an effort to do something it has to be rewarded. Else why do it?

      You don’t wake up in the morning and whack yourself in the face with a teaspoon, do you? It wouldn’t happen because there would be no reward in it. Except for that one person in 100,000.

      So without me, and people like me*, you ain’t up or downvoting anything because no on is posting.

      *Unless you want to leave the posting to the bots…

      • @CombedSpaghetti
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        16 days ago

        Lol I’m sorry but you’re are entitled to nothing when posting. If people like it, great you get upvotes. No one is entitled to those votes though. If you were, then they’d be meaningless (or at least more meaningless haha)

        • Radovic
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          -216 days ago

          Well I’m not going to post anything, so you’re not going to decide whether it gets exposure or not. So that’s that sorted.