I’ve been thinking about the impact of downvotes on LemmyNSFW and whether it’s worth having them enabled. Here are some pros and cons I’ve come up with:
Pros:
- Downvotes can be used to lower the visibility of low-quality content that doesn’t break the rules, although this content would have low visibility either way.
Cons:
- Since there are more males than females, male nudes tend to get buried with downvotes, even on communities that accept both male and female content, like gonewild.
- People often use upvotes/downvotes for things they like or don’t like instead of for relevance, as they’re supposed to be used.
- Downvotes make content from one instance less visible in other instances.
- Receiving downvotes may discourage users from posting content, leading to less overall content.
I’m curious to hear your thoughts on this matter. What are the pros and cons of having downvotes in your opinion? Do you think downvotes should be reconsidered for LemmyNSFW?
Actually the problem is with all male content even in male only communities. So many users browse all local communities not just the ones they subscribe to, so will downvote any male content. I say this as a man who only posts on male communities basically. The number of downvotes is too high to only be from subscribers.
I browse local and have zero interest in seeing male content.
My solution is that If I ever do see it I just block the community/user. Problem solved. No downvotes required.
Thank you for being responsible. I wish more people were like you. Our communities are very small, so people browsing local can have an outsize effect.
I think because the # of daily posts now is low enough that a lot of people just look at local, so they see content they don’t enjoy and downvote. Hopefully, it gets busy enough here to avoid that in the future
I hope you’re right. As a guy working on his own body issues, the number of downvotes can feel terrible at times.
Maybe those people need a NSFW[M] filter…