• arisunz
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    kid named downvotes are disabled in my instance for some fuckign reason:

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      The entire point of blahaj is to protect queers, especially trans. If you see it as over protective that’s totally fair, and feel free to find a different instance! It’s part of why Lemmy is great :)

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        didnt ask but thanks! i know how fedi instances work

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            if wanted to be mansplained about a platform i’ve been involved with for 8 years now i would be on lemmy.world sorry

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              It’s well known why downvotes are disabled. From your comment it looked like you didn’t know. It’s reasonable to comment how it works in that situation imo.

              Edit: Trying to be more polite

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                mh yeah my bad, didn’t mean to sound so abrasive.

                you’re right i didn’t know the reason (or rather, i remember the reason a long time ago being something along the lines of “we disabled downvotes to improve conversation”, so that may be a memory issue on my part). i would have interpreted the first reply more charitably if it weren’t for the “blahaj is to protect queers, feel free to move instances :)” as if i wasn’t a transfem who’s been on fedi (and other sites) for a while now and seen her fair share of shit thrown at her.