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

  • 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