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What's your opinion on downvotes? (kbin.social)

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

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I've seen a good bit of debate on Kbin surrounding downvotes, so what are your thoughts? Should they exist? Should they be shown separately? Should you be able to see who downvoted?

I personally like downvotes and especially like that they're shown separately. You're able to get a much better idea of how people feel about something, and you can more easily express a minority opinion. Of course, there are downsides (e.g., brigades), but I think the pros outweigh the cons.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I fail to understand why people dislike them and why sites remove them.

Imagine giving a fuck about strangers on the internet disliking you...

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

@Gordon_Freeman

@ThatOneKirbyMain2568 they only work if people care about it, so double edged sword.

[–] hangonasecond 1 points 1 year ago

Not from kbin, arrived from all, but I wanted to point out there's a distinction between

I care on a personal level that I was downvoted
I care about seeing the relative measure of this post from the community as a whole

The removal of downvotes on different platforms is often done to address the former concern, i.e. I don't content creators to get discouraged so I will take away the bad number.