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.
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.
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