i’m doing it because I want to make the fediverse more friendly place, in hopes of making it more welcoming for new users, and the nicer place in general. But I wonder how much is just less bots.

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[–] 7 points 3 years ago (3 children)

Comments weren't originally hidden due to downvotes on Reddit either... That's a relatively recent change and it sucks.

I don't really take issue with downvotes being used as a disagree button as a general rule but I can also see room to improve the system someho, too.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago

    As long as they never add any “punishment” for being downvotes then I guess it doesn’t matter. On Reddit downvotes we’re used to reinforce the echo chamber and to essentially silence differing opinions.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    Wait, posts showed both upvote and downvote rates at one point and they didn't collapse by default if they got too many downvotes until recently?

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