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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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[–] woteorin@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I mean, does it seem to change the vote numbers when you do it? Like, try downvoting my reply and we'll see if it results in us both seeing a 0. :P

[–] bdonvr@lemmy.rogers-net.com 17 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 4 points 1 year ago

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

[–] Senseibu 3 points 1 year ago

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

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

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

[–] Senseibu 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Downvoted for testing purposes, showing score Of 0 for this comment for me currently

[–] woteorin@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

I'm seeing a 1 on my end, so either things are lagging out for different users and I'm about to see a massive chunk hit...

Or it's all localized. :P

[–] serfraser@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Downvoted from my instance and it's a zero. No record of the other downvotes being tested here though. Maybe it's humouring me with a fake downvote but not really transferring across to your post?

[–] woteorin@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago

That's what seems to be the case. So, it's looking like it's basically a placebo button for y'all. :P

[–] ds12@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just chiming in to remark how hilarious and wholesome these downvote comments are! =D

[–] woteorin@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

I'm still tickled hours later at how eager folks were to figure that out. :D

[–] mrmanager@lemmy.today 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Downvoted.. :)

[–] woteorin@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm still seeing a 1 here. So, I think the downvote is literally just a placebo for you. :P

[–] mrmanager@lemmy.today 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hehe I think that's awesome. :)

[–] woteorin@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

All the satisfaction of downvoting someone for being wrong, but none of the knock-on social effects, eh?

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

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.