Because to me, they seem like de facto "Agree and “Disagree” buttons, whether or not it was the intent.

  • warm
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    31 day ago

    People get emotional over a comment and click the downvote as it makes them feel empowered, that’s how it always ends up. Maybe just having upvotes only would work better.

    • @RedditRefugee69
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      114 hours ago

      Some instances only have upvotes. For example, mine.

    • @[email protected]
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      23 hours ago

      Upvote only doesn’t necessarily work better because it encourages controversially good content rather than unambiguously good content