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i just want to say how much I love having separate upvotes and downvotes. (lemm.ee)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/voyagerapp

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It's very nice to see that X people liked a post/comment and Y people disliked it instead of just having a singular "goodness/badness" rating. It (literally, in a mathematical sense) adds a whole new dimension to post ratings and gives us a more nuanced understanding of people's opinions. Plus, it feels a lot better to see that 5 people agreed with you and 7 disagreed when you made a controversial statement instead of just seeing a score of -1 telling you how bad you are.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Do you need a kbin account for that? If not, how do you see it?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

No account needed.

Select the triple dots menu in Voyager to copy a link to your OP
Visit kbin.social
Enter the copied link in the search bar
Open your OP
Click 'more' and then 'activity'
Click 'favorites'

You'll see a list of all accounts that upvoted your OP. Why this isn't possible on Lemmy is completely unclear to me.

Just like I don't understand why Lemmy allows for downvotes. It's not valuable and induces toxic behavior IMO.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Woah, I can even see who downvoted on there! It does seem to be a bit behind though, as I see less upvotes and only one (instead of 12) downvotes.

IMO allowing downvotes is good because when used properly, it can filter out toxic and hateful content more effectively than just allowing upvotes, as well as giving people a way to reduce the visibility of misinformation. A good case study for this trying to find a good tutorial for something on YouTube before and after the removal of dislikes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

when used properly

That's the problem. Downvotes often aren't used properly.