Because they see it as voting. Voting is anonymous IRL, they want it to be online, too. Even though what people are generally voting for online is whether or not they think the poster is an asshole. π€·π»ββοΈ
But also, afaik, it is visible, if you're an instance admin. Thought about making my own instance just to see who the 1 dude that downvotes everything I post (sometimes milliseconds after posting) is and see why they're so butthurt.
Vote counts are visible by default for like 90% of Lemmy. Only a few instances hide them (or disable voting entirely). π€¨
Overall, blahaj seems to have done a better job doing something similar while not alienating people.
No. They're quite good at alienating people, too. Especially when the admin self-admits to banning anyone she personally disagrees with.
Doom 2016 isn't a video game. It's a documentary, and it was happening in real time.
Them not federating with another instance doesn't stop other instances seeing their content. It only stops their instance seeing the blocked instance's content.
I heard it was plasma once, but I don't know if that's true. Plasma is state of matter (like solid, has, liquid). Is burning a state of matter? π€
Also if you're a vampire and just hate sunlight.
Head on over to the Winchester and wait for this all to blow over.
I don't know any websites like that. Talking to people over the Internet? That sounds like a fantasy.
It's super hard to draw hands even for people that normally draw anatomical figures, and these are likely drawn by engineers that are used to drawing machines. At least they don't have 16 fingers. π€·π»ββοΈ
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Horses are fucked in China. They winnie all the time.