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Do you want downvotes? (POLL) (lemmynsfw.com)

submitted 20 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

This is the important part:

Especially bad for gonewild posts where people's self image gets involved.

We don't need a "go away, you're ugly" button. That's what blocking is for.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Hm... what if downvoting was weighted only 1/10th as much as upvoting? So a few downvotes here and there from people doing it wrong wouldn't amount to anything in others' view, but if a post is heavily downvoted due to being in the wrong community or low effort, that's visible?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe? I dunno. Turning off downvotes seems like a pretty simple solution. Trying to come up with complex ways to make it hurt just the right amount doesn't seem like it'll work in all cases.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 13 hours ago

It's called fine-tuning, and if everyone gave up that easily, many domains would suffer, like medicine, architecture, manufacturing design etc. Don't be afraid of something simply because the ideal fix is more complicated than 2+2.