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Do we really need self upvotes in Lemmy? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by nutomic@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I never really thought about the automatic self upvote on Reddit and Lemmy. But after reading this article Dont let me like my own post, i'm wondering if we should just get rid of it. Its not really adding anything, or does it? Plus removing it would slightly simplify the code, and slightly less federation messages would get sent (probably unnoticable in practice).

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[–] mp3@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

IMO it's worth having it auto-upvoted. Who posts something and then downvote themselves anyway? Or another option would be to disable the ability to vote on your own submissions, to be as "impartial" and fair as possible?

[–] newhoa@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago

I downvote myself (or at least un-upvote myself) sometimes for a few reasons.

One, if I've made a mistake or been persuaded by another's response.

Two, if I see another response that is better or more important than mine and I think theirs should be above mine (or mine below).