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What's your opinion on downvotes? (kbin.social)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I've seen a good bit of debate on Kbin surrounding downvotes, so what are your thoughts? Should they exist? Should they be shown separately? Should you be able to see who downvoted?

I personally like downvotes and especially like that they're shown separately. You're able to get a much better idea of how people feel about something, and you can more easily express a minority opinion. Of course, there are downsides (e.g., brigades), but I think the pros outweigh the cons.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was completely opposed when e.g. Youtube essentially removed downvotes. They're a pretty important indicator of when someone is full of shit, even though there's an obvious abuse potential as well. As a kbin user, I understand there's a limited federation of downvotes. I actually think it's nice, whether or not it's representative of the rest of the fediverse.

I try to limit my downvotes to irrelevance, spam, intentional douchiness and bad faith participation - as far as I can figure out what's what. At least while the community seems worth it. Unlike, for example, Reddit, where the proportion of bad faith participation was huge, and the general tone was quite hostile. I like the fediverse better.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unlike, for example, Reddit, where the proportion of bad faith participation was huge, and the general tone was quite hostile.

Also, sometimes they downvote comments they apparently don't understand, or can't be bothered to read closely.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Or for fun randomly, spamming downvote functionality on every recent post (back at some subreddits on Reddit), and that sucks.