mommykink@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 9 months agoYour partner/mom/cat has been kidnapped, and the only way to save them is to "write a comment that is guaranteed to get downvoted on Lemmy." What do you comment?message-squaremessage-square109fedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down123
arrow-up136arrow-down1message-squareYour partner/mom/cat has been kidnapped, and the only way to save them is to "write a comment that is guaranteed to get downvoted on Lemmy." What do you comment?mommykink@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square109fedilink
minus-squareHamSwagwich@showeq.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up25arrow-down4·9 months agoYou can post anything and it will get down voted. Lemmy is as toxic as reddit and people use downvote as a tool to suppress what they don’t like, regardless of the merit of the comment.
minus-square520@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up16·9 months ago You can post anything and it will get down voted. I disagree. Downvoting…
minus-squareKalash@feddit.chlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·9 months agoDownvoting doesn’t really suppress anything. Also you can effectivly disable it by switching to a frontend that hides votes and sorting by new. I think that’s even the default for some instances.
minus-squareEatYouWell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·9 months agoI think you fell for the comment that would be guaranteed to be downvoted.
minus-squarelivus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoThis, and moreover some instances don’t dederate downvotes. I’m on Kbin so I only see downvotes from other people on kbin. People on Beehaw don’t see downvotes from anyone because it’s not a thing there.
You can post anything and it will get down voted. Lemmy is as toxic as reddit and people use downvote as a tool to suppress what they don’t like, regardless of the merit of the comment.
I disagree. Downvoting…
Downvoting doesn’t really suppress anything.
Also you can effectivly disable it by switching to a frontend that hides votes and sorting by new. I think that’s even the default for some instances.
I think you fell for the comment that would be guaranteed to be downvoted.
This, and moreover some instances don’t dederate downvotes.
I’m on Kbin so I only see downvotes from other people on kbin.
People on Beehaw don’t see downvotes from anyone because it’s not a thing there.