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[–] zarkanian 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

It’s funny, true, and in the right community.

That's never stopped anybody before.

Seriously, more than once I've posted something completely benign, innocuous, and appropriate in a niche community that gets maybe one post a month, and that post receives a score of -10 or something. I don't understand it, but if you want niche communities to thrive, you have to quit caring about downvotes.

Personally, I think that they should only have upvotes, because downvotes are a negative experience for users, and they're too easy to game. You can have bots, sock puppets, you name it. And having a post with a negative score tells you nothing about why it has a negative score. Was it offensive? Who knows?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Some servers only allow upvotes. Some only show local downvotes, so it at least minimizes their impact.