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[–] booly@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (7 children)

It is functionally a “I don’t like this” or “I’m right” button.

Sometimes comments are just wrong, and detract from the community. Downvotes (plus an interface that hides negative voted comments) clean things up without need for formal moderation.

Whatever can be said about downvotes (an automated system for marking one's disapproval) is probably true of reporting (a human reviewed system for marking one's extreme disapproval), too.

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