I dont really understand the "we should downvote low-effort content regardless of its trans positivity" POV

Like i dont downvote any content at all unless its obviously trolling or whatever. Im just happy to have chapo content regardless of its quality. i felt lost for what felt like years (it was definitely weeks) after the subreddit ban and i was overjoyed when i learned about this place. Even when reading the shittiest of shitposts its heartwarming bc it reminds me im not alone, and im not crazy for seeing the world the way i do.

This isn't reddit, we shouldn't need to police content for quality the way we did on that site. This is probably a bad idea but im even tempted to say we should just do away with the downvote button. If someone's being a reactionary/stupidpol dipshit just report them and move on. Yeah its a bit reminiscent of the way TheDonald runs their shit, but then again they have way better unity than we do, maybe theres something to be said about removing the downvote button.

Btw to all the stupidpol lurkers on this site: you do know that workers solidarity requires intersectional solidarity in order to occur? Social hierarchies need to be dissolved before economic hierarchies can be attacked. Think before you do class reductionism.

  • machiabelly [she/her]
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    4 years ago

    I relate to this. Upvoting/downvoting rarely crosses my mind. I can spend an hour on reddit without voting on anything. It's like with yelp reviewers. Like, I've never eaten at a restaurant and then immediately been like, the people must know!

    I only ever downvote if it is clearly in bad faith, trolling, poisonous ideology, ect.