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The case for down voting/anonymous social negativity to strangers (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 days ago by j4k3@lemmy.world to c/explainlikeimfive@lemmy.world

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This place seems dead. I was skimming some stuff to make a few posts, after posting a basic casual conversation, the negativity shut me down like usual. I am sitting here with 5 tabs and some interesting stuff, but I'm totally disinterested in trying or even spending any more time here this evening. What value does that add for anyone when this place is dying a slow death of disinterest and low engagement? I never add negativity. I only ignore and block. I never discourage because I know I would be shooting myself in the foot. Why is this not fundamentally standard logic for everyone. If you disagree about opinions, appreciate diversity and ignore or better yet discuss. Anonymous negativity to strangers is psychotic behavior that should never have existed in the first place. It is not normal. It is no different that walking up to a stranger in a supermarket and yelling at them for what they wear or how they talk. That is crazy stupid.

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[–] insomniac_lemon@lemmy.cafe 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I only see them when they are negative

I got downvoted for a comment recently*. My instance has up/down on by default and to me that somewhat softened the blow... to see that it wasn't all downvotes but roughly a 1:2 (up:down) ratio.

EDIT: Also, you could of course have total+upvotes (or upvote %) if you wish, though I guess that doesn't work for posts which are mostly just the total (if set, upvote % only displays on hover)

*= in a very "why are you booing me? I'm right." moment, my 2 explanation replies were not, yet did not seem to change future votes (though maybe that was not the reason in the first place)