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Downvotes = “I disagree” or “this is bad and you should feel bad”? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by maegul@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I think I’ve settled on the latter. Disagreement is maybe best communicated by the absence of an upvote? And downvotes work best when they signal something that is just off base, and while not reportable, is not appreciated at a broad cultural level.

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[-] Naia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

I generally don't downvote unless somone is being bigoted or hateful.

[-] Saigonauticon@voltage.vn 1 points 1 year ago

There's some part of my brain that applies display:none to the upvote/downvote function on every platform.

So if I don't vote on your content it's not because I hate it. My brain is just wired to automatically edit out anything that's not content. Mostly this means ads, but voting features seem to have been caught in the net too.

[-] rynzcycle@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I feel this very much, but yet I've upvoted you... The brain is weird.

[-] socsa@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

And I downvoted because "I have special eyes" posts are cringe.

[-] Antimutt@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Taste my righteous wrath and because I can do it with one click without explaining why means I don't need to and the internet is on my side. Feels like the implicit meaning when I'm downvoted.

[-] coldhotman@nrsk.no 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

[-] Im28xwa@lemdro.id 1 points 1 year ago

Hmm interesting question never thought about it, maybe both/varies from post to post

[-] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz -1 points 1 year ago

Downvote = I disagree

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