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Should downvotes require a summary textfield? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by ganymede@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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across a variety of modern up/down vote based platforms, some make it a personal mission to avoid downvoting (the only real exceptions when someone is being utterly objectionable, ie. ridiculously racist/sexist etc or blatant spamming ^(1)^

in general, it is almost always better to have a respectful discussion than mindlessly downvoting and moving on. if two parties can meet for respectful discussion the outcome is almost always superior to the text-book divisiveness of a downvote war etc ^(2)^.

in a great many cases people usually find they don't disagree as much as previously thought, have their mind opened to a valuable new perspective, or at worst accept to disagree respectfully. definitely a better outcome.

yes it is time consuming, but don't we all generally want quality over quantity?

^(2)^ the original idea of a self-moderating community through up/down votes is a good idea, yet appears to have been hijacked by the modern social-media-type weaponised web, which is being turned against humanity to divide and polarize us against eachother. and is particularly suspectible to bot manipulation.

^(1)^ which can have eg. their own flags

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[–] ganymede@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

Votes are preference, and completely up to the person voting how they want to use it.

That's fair, I was going to add a note about this at the end, but thought my comment was already getting a bit long.

You're absolutely right its ultimately entirely up to whatever method is preferred.

My statement about logical vs illogical was within the context of the 'method' I was proposing in the OP. (Specifcally as an effort to counter what I perceive as the hijacking of vote systems for polarization and manipulation on many larger platforms. )

There's always tradeoffs and no doubt my proposed method has several overheads, which might even prove unmanageable at scale anyway.