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Downvotes = “I disagree” or “this is bad and you should feel bad”? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by maegul@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I think I’ve settled on the latter. Disagreement is maybe best communicated by the absence of an upvote? And downvotes work best when they signal something that is just off base, and while not reportable, is not appreciated at a broad cultural level.

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[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Downvote = “I think this should be a little lower in the sort priority”

It’s the opposite of an upvote.

[–] Cullen@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yep same, purely for what I want to see higher/lower in the sort

[–] milicent_bystandr@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I feel that should be balanced with: this is appropriate here so I won't downvote it, even if it's irrelevant to me.

... I suppose for big communities that averages out so it's okay, but maybe not for small

[–] Cullen@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah true! I guess there's some subtle complexities to it

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

Like if you downvote everything you don’t upvote, it almost doesn’t have an effect because all those things are equally bearing one new downvote and hence don’t change sort precedence with each other.