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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bullshit. They have very precise meaning: How many people up- and downvote things.

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

So what value does the up/downvote on this platform have? Enlighten the rest of us.

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

Their value lies in their meaning which is telling everyone how much something got upvoted or downvoted.

Really, it's a simple concept.

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

In the same sense that a smile and a frown have no value, possibly. But that's rather nihilist.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

When smiles and frowns can be manipulated via bots ... I'll agree... but until then, especially on instances that believe communism works, they're beyond useless. Hell many instances disable downvotes so those people can't downvote anyway.