I honesty hate how discussion boards have all evolved to have upvotes and downvotes over the years, it squelches any thought outside the local hivemind. But, if you're going to just get rid of one of them, the downvotes are much worse than the upvotes. So I welcome this change.
The positive to downvotes/voting/scores is that you can see what takes are absolutely unacceptable in a community. Like it's good as a lurker to see nazi shit get downvoted to hell.
No it's kinda exhausting to see some Nazi shit immediately followed with a 50+ comment thread, I'd much prefer it just be down voted to oblivion and be able to keep scrolling
the upvote/downvote feature is a way to train their algorithms and w.e other bullshit they are running to tailor content for you. It's ML for do you like cat pictures or anti-semitic memes, or anti-semitic memes with cats in them?
Yeah I miss old traditional forums. Obviously plenty are still up but everyone is lazy and either just opens a subreddit or a reddit clone.
Personally think there should be no voting whatsoever. Even with posts anything that offends the hivemind is gonna get squelched down, whether they had something valid to say or not. Just let first come first serve be the rule, like in the old days.
And I do the same thing, checking to see how many upvotes I got lol.
I honesty hate how discussion boards have all evolved to have upvotes and downvotes over the years, it squelches any thought outside the local hivemind. But, if you're going to just get rid of one of them, the downvotes are much worse than the upvotes. So I welcome this change.
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Heh, I guess that would be pretty funny from an outsider looking in perspective.
The positive to downvotes/voting/scores is that you can see what takes are absolutely unacceptable in a community. Like it's good as a lurker to see nazi shit get downvoted to hell.
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But consider this: "Haha number go up/down"
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No it's kinda exhausting to see some Nazi shit immediately followed with a 50+ comment thread, I'd much prefer it just be down voted to oblivion and be able to keep scrolling
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Next in chapo: reacts (sicko-yes, o7, u know)
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You’re telling me I could sicko everything? :flop-pog:
the upvote/downvote feature is a way to train their algorithms and w.e other bullshit they are running to tailor content for you. It's ML for do you like cat pictures or anti-semitic memes, or anti-semitic memes with cats in them?
Yes I know. And a way to outsource moderation to the masses.
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Yeah I miss old traditional forums. Obviously plenty are still up but everyone is lazy and either just opens a subreddit or a reddit clone.
Personally think there should be no voting whatsoever. Even with posts anything that offends the hivemind is gonna get squelched down, whether they had something valid to say or not. Just let first come first serve be the rule, like in the old days.
And I do the same thing, checking to see how many upvotes I got lol.
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