mommykink@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 months agoYour partner/mom/cat has been kidnapped, and the only way to save them is to "write a comment that is guaranteed to get downvoted on Lemmy." What do you comment?message-squaremessage-square133fedilinkarrow-up180arrow-down137
arrow-up143arrow-down1message-squareYour partner/mom/cat has been kidnapped, and the only way to save them is to "write a comment that is guaranteed to get downvoted on Lemmy." What do you comment?mommykink@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square133fedilink
minus-squareHamSwagwich@showeq.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up32arrow-down6·11 months agoYou can post anything and it will get down voted. Lemmy is as toxic as reddit and people use downvote as a tool to suppress what they don’t like, regardless of the merit of the comment.
minus-square520@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up18·11 months ago You can post anything and it will get down voted. I disagree. Downvoting…
minus-squareKalash@feddit.chlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·11 months agoDownvoting doesn’t really suppress anything. Also you can effectivly disable it by switching to a frontend that hides votes and sorting by new. I think that’s even the default for some instances.
minus-squareEatYouWell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·11 months agoI think you fell for the comment that would be guaranteed to be downvoted.
minus-squarelivus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoThis, and moreover some instances don’t dederate downvotes. I’m on Kbin so I only see downvotes from other people on kbin. People on Beehaw don’t see downvotes from anyone because it’s not a thing there.
minus-squareAppoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoThere is a tendemcy for what gets more downvotes. In particular anything not FOSS and Windows based.
You can post anything and it will get down voted. Lemmy is as toxic as reddit and people use downvote as a tool to suppress what they don’t like, regardless of the merit of the comment.
I disagree. Downvoting…
Downvoting doesn’t really suppress anything.
Also you can effectivly disable it by switching to a frontend that hides votes and sorting by new. I think that’s even the default for some instances.
I think you fell for the comment that would be guaranteed to be downvoted.
This, and moreover some instances don’t dederate downvotes.
I’m on Kbin so I only see downvotes from other people on kbin.
People on Beehaw don’t see downvotes from anyone because it’s not a thing there.
Mmmmmmeta
There is a tendemcy for what gets more downvotes.
In particular anything not FOSS and Windows based.