this is an experiment i have done for the last week or something. no upbear counters, no upbear buttons, just sorted by new or new comments. it has been very nice, but i know that inevitably somebody is gonna feel like i'm being snooty to them for not upbearing them. its very nice that people are taking time out of their day to engage with me on the net, and i always feel that when i get the notifications, but i think some of them are gonna take it personally if i keep this crap up
the question: how important is this little courtesy to you???? does it bother you if you dont get upvotes when you are talking to people?
thank you for your replies but know that for responding to this survey i cannot offer any remuneration. you are encouraged to not upbear this post or even report it if you see any flagrant rulebreaks
just for context i have done this experiment to see if it feels better and if i feel less obsessive about innernet points/see if i make better comments without the motivation (turns out this one is a no)
Unironically its gonna hurt the site because now upvoting is gonna be used as a personal endorsement by anybody you're arguing with so people will upvote less stuff and continue the declining engagement on the site.
Why should engagement be the goal? As long as people who wanna interact can interact with other folks on here it shouldn't be a problem. Social media shouldn't be designed to maximize engagement, that's how it becomes addictive.
Because people want to interact less if they think it's gonna lead to people using their previous votes like a comment history.
in terms of engagement, comments are supposed to weigh heavier than upvotes. i know thats an engagement/algorithm topic rather than 'philosophical' engagement but