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I just disabled scores (upvotes and downvotes) and I think it's great! (mander.xyz)
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It's freeing in a way, I don't have to do any extra processing in my head, and I can just see the posts and comments for what they are. You should try it too!

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[-] Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 9 points 3 days ago

I’ve had downvotes disabled for over a year now. If someone takes issue with something I said, they can come and tell me directly - a downvote on its own carries next to no value, so I don’t even want to see it.

I suppose you could make the same argument for upvotes too, and I wouldn’t be opposed to hiding those from everyone either. But in my case personally, I don’t see any downside to them. It’s good to know that there are at least a handful of people who agree with my views. The main issue with visible upvotes on social media in my view is that it encourages saying stuff just for the applause. There's a ton of people here whose entire comment history is just snarky one-liners.

[-] swelter_spark@reddthat.com 2 points 3 days ago

My whole instance has downvotes disabled, because of exactly this.

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