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We Need Downvotes on Lemmy.one (lemmy.one)

submitted 1 year ago by hemmes@lemmy.one to c/chat@lemmy.one

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Really loving the new experiences here on Lemmy.one. But I’m seeing many subs with off-topic posts. Community downvotes will help overworked mods find and remove such posts. I understand no one likes to be downvoted but it’s a necessary tool for our community and only helps users understand and refine what and where they are to be posting their content.

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[–] aroom@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

unfortunately downvote are not only used on off-topic posts. it could also be about disagreement, not about the quality of the post.

so it's not always a good indicator of the value of the post and can be use in a way to shut off divergent opinions, encourage a single point of view. not always a good tool.

[–] aceospos@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Couldn't the same thing be said about up votes?