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Imagine only being allowed to upvote something? (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] 103 points 2 years ago* (12 children)

Removing downvoting feels intuitively wrong to me (eg, I believe that dissent is a really important part of a healthy democracy). If all those mega-corp platforms are removing downvoting, then I'm pretty confident my intuition on this matter is correct

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  • [–] 35 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Is Reddit getting rid of down votes?!

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  • [–] [S] 60 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    No, reddit is not removing downvotes. The post was alluding to when they removed displaying downvotes scores.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    I suspect soon they'll remove voting altogether, replaced by a measure of how long it held attention.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    The voting will stay but your homepage will be a for you page that selects posts based on your usage data and whatever is trending instead of the votes, in an attempt to bring engagement to a maximum. Just like what's been happening to Instagram for years.

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