Currently downvotes are enabled on a trial basis, this was done by me to see if they can be enabled to prevent spam from rising to the top of communities, along with the fact that is another form of interaction/feedback.

However I’ve gotten some pushback for this and so I’d like to see the general consensus of this decision. Please put any comments/concerns in this thread, and please vote here: https://forms.gle/zqDxemJCiTAXJi5i9

the results of this poll and the comments will determine if we keep or remove downvotes again

  • Radovic@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
    129·
    13 hours ago

    I don’t like downvotes. I post stuff here, if it gets downvoted it can fail and go below the level of visibility that garners it more votes. People will downvote for any reason that comes into their heads. It’s almost like random noise but it messes with my post’s path to its intended audience.

    I don’t see what possible motivation I would have to keep posting when that is happening.

    • CombedSpaghetti@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
      114·
      12 hours ago

      You aren’t entitled to exposure. Voting the good up and the less good down is the fundamental basis of sites like Lemmy and Reddit. As a content creator/poster it of course hurts when your stuff isnt enjoyed by the community, but its the decision of the users what gets big and what doesnt.

      • lnsfw3@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
        51·
        7 hours ago

        We can’t afford to shit on the few posters we have.

        Radovic is prolific - they post a tonne of content. If they are saying they don’t like the change, listen.

        • Clevererhans@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
          3·
          2 hours ago

          I am also being shat upon in the past few days by anonymous blanket-downvoter(s) and it’s not a pleasant feeling. Rather discouraging, too.

        • CombedSpaghetti@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
          12·
          3 hours ago

          Posters need viewers and vise versa. One cannot function without the other. So no I reject your appeal to authority fallacy.

          • Radovic@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
            2·
            56 minutes ago

            I don’t need viewers. I choose to share content with users that like it but if you think I won’t walk away from this instance over this and carry on with my life without looking back then you’re mistaken.

      • Radovic@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
        65·
        12 hours ago

        No, it’s you who aren’t entitled to content.

        If I have to make an effort to do something it has to be rewarded. Else why do it?

        You don’t wake up in the morning and whack yourself in the face with a teaspoon, do you? It wouldn’t happen because there would be no reward in it. Except for that one person in 100,000.

        So without me, and people like me*, you ain’t up or downvoting anything because no on is posting.

        *Unless you want to leave the posting to the bots…

        • CombedSpaghetti@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
          84·
          12 hours ago

          Lol I’m sorry but you’re are entitled to nothing when posting. If people like it, great you get upvotes. No one is entitled to those votes though. If you were, then they’d be meaningless (or at least more meaningless haha)