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Can we get downvotes enabled? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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As much as I like the wholesomeness of the concepts of upvotes only, I'd love to downvote idiots on other instances

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah I think avoiding downvoting I prefer. Im not sure how it works entirely, but the fact that outside people can't just come here and downvote is actually very appreciated. I know for smaller hobby-type posts, in places like Reddit, seeing downvotes can be very demoralizing for continuing with the hobby, so not having that risk is kinda nice. What would be useful is if Lemmy had some way to allow communities to set if downvotes are allowed or not, but I dont think it does. I rather until Lemmy provides that feature, for this server to not allow downvotes overall.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

What would be useful is if Lemmy had some way to allow communities to set if downvotes are allowed or not

Agreed here. On Reddit, some communities use downvotes very effectively as "this information is incorrect" so that mods don't have to remove disinformation all the time. Others it turns into a popularity contest, which isn't great.