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Currently downvotes are enabled on a trial basis, this was done by me to see if they can be enabled to prevent spam from rising to the top of communities, along with the fact that is another form of interaction/feedback.

However I've gotten some pushback for this and so I'd like to see the general consensus of this decision. Please put any comments/concerns in this thread, and please vote here: (Link gone poll is done)

the results of this poll and the comments will determine if we keep or remove downvotes again

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[–] KinkyThoughts@lemmynsfw.com 28 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I'm 50/50 on this, so I'll not vote, but I want to at least share my thoughts.

On one hand I generally like downvotes, because it makes it easier to identify bad actors & trolls. However, on an instance that's all about nudity and sex, it could become a tool for harassment towards original content creators, which could discourage them from actually participating here. And I think OC is something we'd generally like to see more of, right? Or if we go with people who may be not quite the model standard body type, or do content that may not be the most vanilla kink out there, then they may be discouraged simply by people being not a fan of it, and it being very visible to them. It's one thing to not get many upvotes, another to receive a lot of downvotes.

If this was a regular instance I'd easily vote for the downvotes, but here I'm rather leaning towards "nay".

[–] Qt3456@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 month ago

I don't know if it's possible from a technical standpoint, but it'd be great if it was a toggle that you could set to not see downvotes on your own posts or comments.

I find myself posting more constructive dissent here than on Reddit because I don't get discouraged from hive mind dog piles.

The effect would be similar for those content creators.