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Should Lemmy hide downvotes on your own posts by default? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 4 weeks ago by nutomic@lemmy.ml to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml
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There is a pull request which adds a new setting show_downvotes with these settings:

  • Show (current behaviour)
  • Hide (all downvotes hidden in ui)
  • ShowForOthers (only downvotes on other user's posts are visible)

Importantly the last option would become the new default, which means that users wont be aware that their post or comment was downvoted unless they manually change the setting. This may be good for mental health, but may also make it harder for users to realize that their content is unpopular. What do you think about it?

Here is the pull request

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[-] echodot@feddit.uk -1 points 4 weeks ago

Why? Most posts that I've seen that have been downvoteed are because the comment in question is bad in some way. People who don't realise that need a lesson in been appropriate.

What I would be in favor of, is downvotes been hidden to everyone to stop bandwagoning.

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 0 points 4 weeks ago

Hexbear disables downvotes, and some other instances do that too. Check some of them out!

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