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Should Lemmy hide downvotes on your own posts by default? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 day 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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[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 1 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

I'd rather it be transparent, or non-existent. Hexbear is nice, it has no downvotes, but some users like the ability to downvote for other instances. I think it could be on an instance to decide to implement it, but not for the "flagship" instance. Though, I'd prefer it be put to a vote. I think it has use cases for sure.

this post was submitted on 30 Apr 2025
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