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submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/unpopularopinion

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I used multiple social media platforms and I can say in medium confidence that downvotes are almost useless to see for users.

They are made to influence the algorithm and that's it, if you are really bothered by them it's because you saw something you were never intended to see.

Reddit try to communicate this by showing you only one number for the total score and they are trying to not show you if your post score became in negative.

Matter of fact, I personally find downvotes pretty refreshing for me because I expect to hear something I don't know or a passionate criticism on my opinions or posts.

I think what could discourage me from posting is the lack of comments, not the downvotes.

Note: If you are really bothered about downvotes, you can disable showing down votes on the web client and in the mobile clients by changing that option in the settings.

Downvote if you agree.

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[–] sir_pronoun -5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I admit to posting shitty comments sometimes, just because I feel some adversity is nice. Lemmy seems pretty uniform, politically. That just annoys me. So I get a fair share of downvotes. In general, I don't take online discussions in comment sections too seriously, though. I mean, you can't expect people there to actually research and listen to arguments. It mostly seems like emotional venting/searching for confirmation of your bias to me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Sounds more like you're an asshole that hides behind the excuse of devils advocate to say shitty things

[–] JubilantJaguar 2 points 3 weeks ago

To me it reads more as someone who is jaded, cynical, perhaps a bit wounded by other people's attacks on them and projecting their insecurity and frustration about that.

IMO very few people are assholes by nature. If we can create an atmosphere, and tools, that encourage civility, then we will get civility.