Love posting something like a tip for making running an old game easier on Reddit and the only engagement I get being some twats downvoting the post for no reason :angery:
The idea of giving posts a thumbs up or a thumbs down elevating the quality of discussions is such a :so-true: brained concept anyway
It is one of the best decisions regarding online discourse. If a comment is bad, you should be able to refute it through conversation, if it is really bad the mods will step in.
Reddit is the worst at creating an echochamber for groupthink. It always is about creating one singular opinion and burning anyone that disagrees like a heretic. Having and upvote/downvote system only creates a singular thought driven environment that is also easily manipulated.
Having just an upvote button does allow people to see a posts popularity, while places like reddit are less about conversation and more about trying to find who has the one opinion everyone must agree with.
The funniest thing about Reddit is everyone pointing fingers accusing each other of being in an echo chamber when the whole site is an echo chamber.
I don't know about that, when most people see a bad comment they respond with :PIGPOOPBALLS: or peepee poopoo which isn't more constructive than a downvote. Also you can still see group consensus based on how many upvotes certain comments get versus others
Some do which is fun, but others also jump in and have fun conversations with them.
Granted if a comment is getting to the level that :PIGPOOPBALLS: is the response that comment is likely going to get removed anyway.
Yeah, but some people still engaged with bad comments even when downvotes were still a thing.