As the fediverse continues to grow, let’s reflect on some of the things that we disliked most about posting/lurking on reddit and what we can do differently now that we have a chance to build something new.

  • AdaA
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    1 year ago

    I avoid it on my instance by disabling downvotes

      • AdaA
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        1 year ago

        My instance just drops external downvotes, so it’s all the same thing to me :)

        • PupBiru@kbin.social
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          1 year ago

          okay, but in a social environment like the fediverse it kinda doesn’t matter what your instance does: up and down votes are entirely to do with other people, and their instances still show all your down votes

          disabling downvotes on your instance just means your local communities don’t have down votes: your posts on other instances still do!

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            1 year ago

            Not quite. What it means is that people on my instance don’t have the same view as people on other instances. When we visit a community or look at a post, we see it as if downvotes don’t exist, wherever those downvotes come from. You seem them with downvotes included.

            How you see my post doesn’t bother me. How I see other posts is what I’m interested in, and for me, downvotes don’t influence ranking