edit: now it's a meme and we can all hug in the comments.

  • egonallanon@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I think it kind of is. Hexbear folks love to post and engage more directly with each other based on what I've seen while a lot of people (myself for included) clearly take a much more passive approach and just up vote and move on. My excuse is generally I usually only come on here when bored and have nothing else to fill my time with and I find commenting to be personally kind of exhausting now days.

    • Awoo [she/her]
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      1 year ago

      I think downvotes produce participation anxiety and Hexbear not only doesn't have them but also promotes a not-giving-a-fuck mentality to posting.

      • UnicodeHamSic [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        Last time I saw any research about it down votes make people angry with eacother and fight. Which is good for Engagement if you want ad money. Bad for the culture though