James Lankford cites a veteran as partial reason for recommitting to Sunshine Protection Act, which has already passed in Senate

James Lankford cites a veteran as partial reason for recommitting to Sunshine Protection Act, which has already passed in Senate

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  • Gnome KatEnglish
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    9 months ago

    dont take the down votes personally, stating your opinion online risks people disagreeing. That’s all the down votes mean is people saying they disagree. it’s not a great look to add an edit complaining about downvotes. if they hurt too much maybe move to an instance that doesn’t have down votes like blahaj.zone, i find it very peaceful to not be able to see downvotes and let’s me worry less about stating my opinion on things.

    also yeah I disagree with your comment but I can’t downvote from Blahaj ;)

    • johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world
      2·
      9 months ago

      I have no idea if “feddiquette” is a thing but “downvote poor quality comments, not opinions that you disagree with” is pretty fundamental to how downvotes should be used. My feelings remain unhurt but I will call out shitty behavior.

      • Gnome KatEnglish
        3·
        9 months ago

        I don’t think that was ever true even on Reddit. You can’t control how people choose to use their vote and I feel that is how things should be.

        • johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world
          2·
          9 months ago

          The platform has been designed to allow downvotes. If people downvote for shitty reasons, then yes, I think they’re being shitty. The platform only dictates functionality, but humans dictate what’s a good use of that functionality. Downvoting well-formed statements of opinion just because you disagree with them stifles discussion, which kind of defeats the entire purpose of making a discussion platform. Or, put another way, it’s shitty.