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    1 year ago

    or… whatever got posted was a legitimate turnoff or bad vibes for someone, or simply posted in the wrong place

    that said, being rude is both unnecessary and self-defeating, and probably derails folks’ horny more than just downvoting or blocking and then moving on so idk

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      Report if it’s posted in the wrong place or in violation of the rules. Otherwise people just need to learn how to scroll on. I reserve downvoting personally for people who just post idiot opinions about something, not for pics I simply don’t like but otherwise are just fine.

      If I went to a painting forum and simply didn’t like someone’s style but clearly they put time and skill into it I’m not downvoting. I’m just scrolling on. It’s in the right place with nothing otherwise hateful or wrong about it.

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        that makes sense, and i can understand that analogy. i really should be less timid about reporting. i think i was more responding to the second panel of the meme — it’s not a matter of disgust or weak dislike — usually i’m either actively turned off by what i’m downvoting, or i’m experiencing some kind of reminder of trauma. not that it matters on here in my case; downvotes are disabled on my instance.

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            i think it’s something the admins can toggle — it seems to be turned off for all of blahaj and a few other instances. i can’t seem to find mention of it in the official lemmy docs, but it’s discussed in a few threads on their github, so maybe it’s just an option in the admin interface somewhere?

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      1 year ago

      Yeah. I kinda agree with downvoting, why else have downvotes? Especially for spam or low quality content. But rude comments are just rude.

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        1 year ago

        If there was a photography group here and you didn’t like the subject of the photo, like a building, but you prefer landscapes, would you downvote that photo if it was otherwise in the right group?

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          No, I meant more like blurry or otherwise bad photos. Maybe if it was something very ugly but technically on topic, like gore, but thats not very often. Worst Ive seen here is a ton of gay porn, and I block it all without downvoting.