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I'm really enjoying no down votes on Beehaw (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Kindajustlikewhat@beehaw.org to c/chat@beehaw.org

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When I first found out it was an interesting concept that I was pretty neutral on but the more I engage/lurk with the community the more I enjoy it.

I generally don't post/comment much on Reddit because I tend to be extremely sincere and that's not always well received. Usually I don't get much hate, but what I do get is a lot of non-interaction mixed with downvotes. And it's just really discouraging when I'm just trying to share my thoughts.

But having no downvotes here is so nice because I'm not afraid that I'm going to get silenced into oblivion. Either people will actually engage with me (and maybe disagree, but in a meaningful way), or they'll move on and not randomly share their disdain via downvoting.

It's such a small change but makes a big difference. I bet a lot of people feel the same as me - it's more comfortable to engage here.

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[–] bdonvr@lemmy.rogers-net.com 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Downvoted as well. Looks like no since other people have also downvoted you and you're still at 1

I'll have to test- maybe other users on my instance can see my downvotes, but they won't federate because BeeHaw rejects them. And therefore no other instance can see them.

Edit: Okay so I've confirmed it.

When downvoting content on an instance that doesn't allow downvotes, you can see only the downvotes that come from other users on your instance. I can see two downvotes now, which happened just after I used a second account to downvote.

[–] woteorin@beehaw.org 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am pleased for my role in performing science today. :D

[–] lysy@szmer.info 3 points 1 year ago

Science is not that hard as people think :P Thank you my friend.

[–] XpeeN@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sorry to crash your theory but I think I see your downvotes

[–] bdonvr@lemmy.rogers-net.com 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I think you're just seeing @serfraser@sopuli.xyz's downvote, they're on your same instance and commented below

[–] XpeeN@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

Fair enough

[–] Senseibu@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

Kinda get the reasoning behind it, however some commonality here would be good over time as Lemmy is developed