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I'm really enjoying no down votes on Beehaw
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Agree entirely. Down voting encourages a hive mind mentality which builds echo chambers and is whats wrong with most social media platforms.
Did we already forgot about YouTube that literally mask shitty videos because of the no downvote counter? Or Facebook that can spread fake news and shit because of it? Downvotes can be bad but imo only upvotes can be worse.
Reddit also spreads fake news and shit, though. The communities you participate in determine whether you see it, to a degree, but nonetheless. Like, when Bernie was running for Pres, the Bernie Sanders subreddit had everything that looked good for his chances upvoted, and everything that looked critical of his opponents (including the same accusations of Biden being a pedo that the far right likes to make) upvoted, and comments or posts that were like "... Wait a minute this doesn't seem to be true" or "this over here isn't a good sign" or "Bernie isn't popular with these Black voters for xyz reasons" or whatever would get downvoted to the point people didn't see it. Voila, echo chamber. I say this as someone that voted for Bernie.
That said, I do wonder if a system that eschewed votes altogether might be better. Like old forums.
Downvotes can be bad but imo only upvotes can be worse.
This is true too. I can only hope disinformation and harmful content can be reported to moderators that will take action to remove it.
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Yeah, but what do I do to get that little rush of self-satisfaction from down voting a comment I disagree with? /s
In all seriousness, it may require a little more diligence from community mods to police comments which violate beehaw community standards since they won't fall to the bottom or be hidden as fast.
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Yea I totally relate to that. People don't like heartfelt actual thought with emotion ime. A quirky one liner though? Upvote.
I tend to let it all out on these places, like a journal. I enjoy reading others entries too.
Exactly! I once posted about a particular TV show, and how it really helped me view my personal trauma in a different way and empowered me. A really long and emotional and sincere post. After around an hour I got scared and deleted it because I had 0 comments and like 15 downvotes. I just felt embarrassed for not sharing a meme or something and instead being earnest about it.
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I'm in complete agreement. When I joined Beehaw, I didn't think much of the lack of downvotes - "oh, cool, sounds good." It's definitely made it easier to want to interact with the community (as someone partial to lurking) and I've come to appreciate that they're disabled on this instance. Glad to see others are in agreement.
I really dont like downvotes either. It's better to upvote content you like.
yes, it's one of the reason I choose beehaw when I registered
This is one reason why I like it here. What annoyed me on Reddit sometimes was discussing "unpopular opinions".
For example on my local subreddit people would constantly argue for more housing density, which is great for affordability but any mention of "but what about transportation infrastructure then" got mercilessly downvoted. I really don't mind people disagreeing in replies but having a whole conversation downvoted and subsequently hidden is annoying. It generally made me not want to comment on Reddit, and just let the hivemind be.
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