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[-] dmmeyournudes@lemmy.world -4 points 1 year ago

I'm not saying people don't pick sides in an argument, but the point is to convince someone you're right, so if you're not doing that, you're getting downvotes meaning you're either wasting your time or making bad arguments.

[-] LegionEris@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I’m not saying people don’t pick sides in an argument

What I'm saying is that these weren't arguments. These were people weaponizing the voting system to keep minorities from self representing. I was downvoted below zero on a car repair sub for having runflats instead of a spare because I worked in and commuted through a bad part of town, often after midnight, where I wouldn't feel safe stopping to change my tire. They made it clear that I was unwelcome because I am a woman, because my description of this gendered experience was unacceptable subreddit content.

[-] HelloHotel@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I’m not saying people don’t pick sides in an argument

You made yourself verry clear, he's trying to stir you

there wasn't even a debate or argument happening.

[-] dmmeyournudes@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago

It's crazy the stories people string together to confirm their biases.

[-] LegionEris@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Fuck off. You're exactly the fucking same. If it didn't happen to you, it doesn't exist! Childish.

[-] dmmeyournudes@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago

I'm not going to argue with someone about the story they tell me and how it made them feel because an individual's biased perspective is not an objective observation of how the vote system works. This isn't about you.

[-] LegionEris@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

You've declared someone you disagree with is making things up while criticizing the debate skills and tactics of those who disagree with you. What a fucking joke. You got some peer reviewed numbers to support your position about votes and arguments? Because from where I'm sitting, this nonsensical notion that people vote rigorously based on debate acumen and never with their emotions and libido along the lines of their existing beliefs is just as much a made up story. I'm not going to find numbers for a bad faith participant like you, but we already know people vote for real, important, world changing things with their emotions. The idea that the general populace is wildly more reasonable and responsible when the votes don't matter at all is ludicrous.

[-] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

LegionEris, I have seen what you describe many times, and you have put the case eloquently. I just wish you didn't have to.

Meanwhile, as a latecomer I'm laughing my ass off because this comment now stands at -11:

If you’re getting downvoted in an argument, guess what, that means you’re bad at making arguments. And this system is exactly the same, regardless of if you can see it or not, sorting by top will still sort by the net sum of votes.

[-] dmmeyournudes@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

im not going to entertain an unverifiable story from a random person on the internet.

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