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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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[-] spider@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] TheArstaInventor@kbin.social 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.

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