It is absolutely necessary for people to express a positive interaction when someone makes a joke. That's how jokes work: you tell a joke and it makes other people laugh which is an auditory signal that what you've said made other people happy, which in turn makes you happy. Its a mutually beneficial interaction. We cant hear other people laugh through the internet, so we need another way to positively interact with humor, thats the point of upvotes.
Getting 50 upvotes on a post feels good, getting 50 comments of just "lol" would not. Its really that simple.
Honestly yes. If this is such a big deal to you that it legitimately upsets you then you should find another site to use rather than trying to force everyone else to accept a change that they do not want.
Maybe if the admins could make visible votes an option you could turn off, would that be a better solution? Anyone who doesnt want to see them could simply choose to do so.
And as to the algorithm you can always choose to sort by new or old. Sorting by Top, Hot, and Active are already optional, I dont see why removing them would make anything better.
It is absolutely necessary for people to express a positive interaction when someone makes a joke. That's how jokes work: you tell a joke and it makes other people laugh which is an auditory signal that what you've said made other people happy, which in turn makes you happy. Its a mutually beneficial interaction. We cant hear other people laugh through the internet, so we need another way to positively interact with humor, thats the point of upvotes.
Getting 50 upvotes on a post feels good, getting 50 comments of just "lol" would not. Its really that simple.
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Honestly yes. If this is such a big deal to you that it legitimately upsets you then you should find another site to use rather than trying to force everyone else to accept a change that they do not want.
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Maybe if the admins could make visible votes an option you could turn off, would that be a better solution? Anyone who doesnt want to see them could simply choose to do so.
And as to the algorithm you can always choose to sort by new or old. Sorting by Top, Hot, and Active are already optional, I dont see why removing them would make anything better.