You can’t downvote me even if you wanted to! MY MASTER PLAN IS FINALLY COMPLETE!

Now I will have the most downvoted post in the history of this site FOREVER!

MUAHAHAHAHAHA

  • markersmarx [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    This sucks. People with bad takes will get more visibility if they post more.

        • QuillQuote [they/them]
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          4 years ago

          That's a fair point, but also haven't the mods been pretty great about instantly shredding chud shit during raids?

            • QuillQuote [they/them]
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              4 years ago

              But we don't report stuff with downvotes though, I don't see the problem.

              Also, I'm 99% sure this is a trial period of a week to see how we all feel about downvotes being gone so don't get too worried

                • QuillQuote [they/them]
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                  4 years ago

                  The entire structure of Lemmy assumes the ability to downvote, and that’s why comments are ordered the way they are rather than just chronologically

                  It is? could you elaborate? I don't see it

                    • QuillQuote [they/them]
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                      4 years ago

                      I don't appreciate the condescension comrade. There are still upvotes, therefore comments can still be ordered by vote ratio. Pretty sure you know that's what I meant.

                      So where's the problem

                        • QuillQuote [they/them]
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                          4 years ago

                          Edit: to elaborate further, this change artificially eliminates negativity. Hiding something doesn’t make it go away, and we shouldn’t force people to pretend to like things they don’t. That’s like being forced to smile as a cashier.

                          just saw your edit, figured I'd respond sorry if I'm being annoying, it's an interesting discussion

                          I'd argue this is the strength of removing the downvote, because downvotes can mean anything, but a comment condemning a post for whatever it is to be condemned for is far sharper and more pointed a weapon

                          It's not combatting liberalism to downvote a liberal post, but to analyze it and shred it apart in front of the audience

                        • QuillQuote [they/them]
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                          4 years ago

                          Ahh, my bad, sorry for jumping to conclusions 😅

                          I can understand where you're coming from, but I guess I just don't agree that it's a substantial problem

                          Anyway, thanks for explaining your pov, sorry for getting defensive <3

        • Zuzak [fae/faer, she/her]
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          4 years ago

          Counterpoint: stupidpol brigades would previously be able to downvote stuff and now they can't.

      • markersmarx [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Ya but this could opening the community up agenda pushing. Not everybody is immune to bad ideas. Take Assad apologists for instance.

        • Sushi_Desires
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          4 years ago

          Are you trying to say that he must go?

          • markersmarx [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            Ya. Assad is pretty bad. Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party are fascist. The issue is that a lot of people are very impressionable. So when you make Assad shitposts it normalizes him.