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Why vote on posts? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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What is the purpose of voting up or down on? I'm not clear what voting is suposed to achieve?

I never vote up or down on here in the same manner that I never click Like on any social media sites either, I don't see what the intent behind it is.

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[–] derf82 2 points 2 years ago

It was the best, most innovative thing about reddit. It let the readers choose what they see, rather than purely newest/oldest first, or curated by some admin.

I came to Reddit from Fark.com. There, you were limited to the headlines the admins chose, and everything was purely chronological. New headlines were on top, and oldest comments were first. Often, great comments were buried. Going back since the reddit fiasco, even there they added the ability to sort by “smartest” and “funniest” as voted by paid members