53 users would rather disagree

2024-10-23 06:36:35

Kierunkowy74 via Fediverse memes

Kierunkowy74@piefed.social

db0's "Downvotes are not «disagree» button" has got at least 53 downvotes

from !yepowertrippinbastards@lemmy.dbzer0.com

2024-10-23 06:42:06

Walk_blesseD

Walk_blesseD@lemmy.blahaj.zone

Fr like if you don’t like the way people are using the downvote feature why make a post whinging about it and not just make your account on an instance that has it disabled???

2024-10-23 07:16:21

ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝

Emperor@feddit.uk

A lot of those are joke downvotes, well mine was.

2024-10-23 07:26:44

DarkThoughts

DarkThoughts@fedia.io

I couldn't even post an album there because the instance apparently sees external imgur albums as image spam or something stupid.

2024-10-23 07:37:43

Ibaudia

Ibaudia@lemmy.world

I disagree

2024-10-23 07:47:13

Luci

Luci@lemmy.ca

Apparently it’s the button you press to get banned from a community.

ASK ME HOW I KNOW

2024-10-23 07:57:18

Nakoichi [they/them]

Nakoichi@hexbear.net

We disabled downvotes on hexbear and it honestly made for much healthier discussion

2024-10-23 10:28:08

Dem Bosain

DemBoSain@midwest.social

Well, just add a ‘disagree’ button so there’s no confusion.

2024-10-23 10:35:51

UlyssesT [he/him]

UlyssesT@hexbear.net

Oh no, what would an online community look like without a downvote button?

Image/photo

2024-10-23 10:55:25

Z_Poster365 [none/use name]

Z_Poster365@hexbear.net

Downvotes are definitely a disagree button and anyone denying it is just coping or lying about their own usage of it. Reddiquette was the worst thing that ever happened to internet culture

2024-10-23 20:22:25

sik0fewl

sik0fewl@lemmy.ca

As a rule of thumb I downvote any post that mentions being downvoted or complains about the reaction to a post or comment.

I will give this whole thread a pass, though 🙂

2024-10-23 20:51:13

Ricky Rigatoni

rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee

I’ll stop using the downvotes as a disagree button when everyone else stops using upvotes as an agree button.

2024-10-24 00:09:35

Tejan Ausland

tejan@hubzilla.monster

I always thought a downvote was just a silent "Booooooooooo!"

2024-10-24 01:09:35

nucleative

nucleative@lemmy.world

I think this kind of voting system intentionally places the content people want to see (i.e. agree with), at the top which increases active users.

But it doesn’t stimulate healthy debate and definitely doesn’t encourage going against the mainstream.

Slashdot had a more interesting system that let only a select number of people rank quality and set a post category (like funny, informative, etc).

2024-10-24 02:56:53

Kusimulkku

Kusimulkku@lemm.ee

It’s a bit of an unwinnable battle. People will always use it as disagree button

2024-10-24 03:13:09

Cris

Cris_Color@lemmy.world

Earnest question- what is it supposed to be used for? I don’t downvote people very often, but I think I’ve only ever seen it used express approval or disapproval so that the score reflects community sentiment

How is it supposed to be used?

2024-10-24 11:42:48

MehBlah

MehBlah@lemmy.world

Yes they are. No matter the intent that is what they are.

2024-10-24 13:09:22

Scott M. Stolz

scott@authorship.studio

It would be interesting to see how people would behave if you had both a "Disagree" and a "Low Quality" button. Would it make any difference, or would people who dislike it also hit the low quality button out of spite?

2024-10-25 22:08:37

Steal Wool

h3mlocke@lemm.ee

😏 . . . . 👎

2024-11-20 05:04:17

ekZepp

ekZepp@lemmy.world

Downvoters!?! I always thought the arrow ⬇️ was the button to scroll down the page!!! My God …all those dislikes! 😨