Really loving the new experiences here on Lemmy.one. But I’m seeing many subs with off-topic posts. Community downvotes will help overworked mods find and remove such posts. I understand no one likes to be downvoted but it’s a necessary tool for our community and only helps users understand and refine what and where they are to be posting their content.

  • Superfly Samurai@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    I don’t know. I like the lack of a downvote.

    If I like it, I up vote.

    If I have something to say to support or refute, I comment.

    If it needs to be reported, I report it.

    Otherwise, I exercise my own right to social media “mokusatsu” and just move on. Almost like it’s not even worth my effort to downvote.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mokusatsu

  • unfazedbeaver@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    I dunno. I realize the intent behind downvotes, but on reddit this led to dog piling. And regardless of whether you were “right” or not, if the first 1 or 2 down votes, by pure chance, didn’t like you, your post/comment was basically nuked to the phantom realm.

    If it’s that bad, just report it. If its not worth reporting, its not worth the dog piling either

  • NightOwl@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    I don’t miss it. For a lot of people down vote is just a I disagree with your take button instead taking the time to leave a comment instead of refuting it.

    If a comment is really problematic better to just report.

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    1 year ago

    I disagree. Initially, I thought lacking downvotes was an issue as well, but I’ve changed my thinking.

    If it’s a post or comment I disagree with, I try to reconcile WHY I disagree, and then use that to participate in the discussion, as opposed to just dropping a downvote and moving on.

    If it’s a post or comment that needs active intervention by a moderator, reporting it is the best solution anyway, not simply downvoting it.

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    1 year ago

    Oh crap. Lemmy.one doesn’t have downvotes - this is bad.

    Without downvotes it is not easy to know which comments are controversial. I don’t want to join another tiktok or instagram, I want to join something informative and thus a proxy of the value of the information (while not perfect) is critical.

    I thought it was community specific, but looks like I can’t downvote even on other instances.

    I need to look for an alternative now.

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      1 year ago

      Yes, you will have to be sure to join an instance aligned with your values on moderation.

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        1 year ago

        I think not having that will turn this into a tiktok or instagram.

        I’m now trying out lemm.ee which has downvotes, and so far looks good.

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          1 year ago

          I disagree, but it sounds like lemm.ee will be a better fit for you, and that’s the beauty of the fediverse 👍

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        1 year ago

        Do you happen to know what happens if someone is on an instance that allows downvotes and downvotes a post on a different instance which doesn’t allow them?