what's a good downvoting guideline to follow? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 1 year ago by salarua@sopuli.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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downvoting everything i disagree with seems excessive and unhealthy, considering i can just ignore and move on. Beehaw doesn't have downvotes at all, reasoning that you can ignore it and move on or report it, and it seems to work fine for them. i do think downvotes have a use though, i'm just not sure what it is. what do you all think?

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[-] EeeDawg101@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

I only downvote if the comment is being rude, spam, insulting, or hateful. If it’s someone sharing their opinion about something, even if I and “everyone else” disagrees, it’s not worthy of my downvote. It makes me mad when legitimate thoughts that are relevant, but against the grain, get downvoted.

this post was submitted on 16 Jul 2023

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