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Blahaj Lemmy Users - Downvote question (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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My wonderful co-admin @[email protected] has made a modification to the downvote system. It's not currently enabled, but if we were to turn it on, downvotes would be available for use, but they would weigh 5 times less than an upvote.

Which is to say, it would take 5 downvotes to counter an upvote. This would let downvotes have an impact on what appears in the hot topics sort, but hopefully mitigate some of the more negative impacts of downvoting.

Are there any strong objections from Blahaj Lemmy users to enabling downvotes with this modification?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I think this is a really good idea. That said I think it's important to revisit this at some point and determine how it alters the vibe relative to other instances. A post with equal upvotes/downvotes would be hid in one system and platformed in another. Unfortunately there are lots of awful takes (read transphobia) that could easily reach a 50/50 split. In particular, I think this may become an issue when we inevitably see a conservative corner of lemmy rise up.

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

Transphobia won't reach anyone. I have zero tolerance for it, even the "just asking questions" sort. I will remove anything even hinting at transphobia, and ban/suspend anyone whose intentions I doubt.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

this is the best way ❤️

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