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I'm really enjoying no down votes on Beehaw (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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When I first found out it was an interesting concept that I was pretty neutral on but the more I engage/lurk with the community the more I enjoy it.

I generally don't post/comment much on Reddit because I tend to be extremely sincere and that's not always well received. Usually I don't get much hate, but what I do get is a lot of non-interaction mixed with downvotes. And it's just really discouraging when I'm just trying to share my thoughts.

But having no downvotes here is so nice because I'm not afraid that I'm going to get silenced into oblivion. Either people will actually engage with me (and maybe disagree, but in a meaningful way), or they'll move on and not randomly share their disdain via downvoting.

It's such a small change but makes a big difference. I bet a lot of people feel the same as me - it's more comfortable to engage here.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

But can we downvote from other federated instances?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

For me, the OP is showing 20 down votes, so I guess they are stored somewhere?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No. I try all the time and get "Downvotes Disabled".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Weird seems to work on sh.itjust.works? Anyone else confirm?

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

I'm using Jerboa, and it's returning the error. It could be that yours is displaying on your end but not actually doing anything on Beehaw's side.

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

Also using Jerboa from sh.itjust.works and I have no error, and also see other downvotes

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

Using basic lemmy webapp, can downvote and view them

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

I think that's only visible to people on your instance that doesn't have downvotes disabled? It doesn't show up to me as a beehaw user, at all, and I don't think it's getting calculated into the overall score I see or the position of the post.

And on comments on posts I've made on beehaw, I cannot see any downvotes, either. (Do not tell me how many you see lol).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah I think its only visible via non “downvote disabled” instances

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago