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Discussion: Lemmy.one and downvotes (lemmy.one)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Why are they disallowed? And more importantly, why is this not transparent in the pinned post about Lemmy.one as a rule?

I was blindsided by this when I saw another user mention it, and while I enjoy Lemmy.one very much, I'm considering moving on because of this. I rarely, very rarely, down-vote, but at times it's handy to push down misinformation or adverse content.

It feels a bit too much like YouTube and the removal of the dislike button to me. What are other's thoughts?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Downvotes seem to only spread negativity and discourage contribution. as others have said, you can just report posts if they're breaking the rules, so I don't really get the point of downvotes anyway. Better posts will rise above it even when downvotes are disabled.