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[-] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago

Earnest question- what is it supposed to be used for? I don't downvote people very often, but I think I've only ever seen it used express approval or disapproval so that the score reflects community sentiment

How is it supposed to be used?

[-] dch82@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 days ago

when a post doesn't fit the community purpose or is generally inappropriate

[-] olsplasher@feddit.org 11 points 2 days ago

Isn't that where you use the report functionality?

[-] OpenStars@piefed.social 1 points 15 hours ago

I suppose it depends on how bad it is. e.g. if it's a community for "videos", and someone submits one with unmoving text that is basically an audio file, you could downvote it then for not matching.

Some software - like PieFed and some Lemmy apps - have automated features that rely less on human moderator intervention and more community feedback, to either auto-collapse or even auto-hide replies with downvotes below user-set thresholds. You can ofc disable these, but if you want them... they are there for you. Also they are immediate, as opposed to waiting until a mod wakes up and finds time to render a decision on everything reported since the last time they checked in.

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