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What do you think about disabling downvotes? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by zephyr@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Personally I don't care about downvotes. If you don't be yourself on an anonymous platform, how can you be yourself in real life? Plus this makes all posts conform within the general trend rather than creating discussions and meaningful debates.

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[-] jxk@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

I think downvotes are important to social media. Without them, trolls have a much easier time rising to the top, as they get lots of upvotes but no downvotes to balance it out. This is why the most-followed content on sites that don't have downvotes like "Twitter" is some political bullshit. So yeah, I think downvotes are crucial.

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