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I had forgotten how great it is to see the number of downvotes (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by axce@lemmy.world to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml

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I've been so used to judging a post just by its popularity on reddit, but it's actually so much more useful to have an idea of the downvote ratio. I'm glad we have that here.

It was a scandal when it disappeared from YouTube, but I didn't realize it was missing from Reddit too for much longer!

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[–] LootGoblin42@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

hm. The instance I'm on, lemmy.one, doesn't have a downvote button or a ratio. Can each server owner configure it to remove that? Maybe I should switch instances! Is there an easy way to export all of my communities and migrate to lemmy.ml?

[–] speedycat2014@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Yes, servers can disable downvotes. Beehaw does that, for instance. I'm on lemmy.world which allows both. I prefer both because I think it helps silence bad faith participation with less active moderation, but I respect that some places don't want it.

[–] xavier666@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Is there an easy way to check what the "properties" of each instance? Example

- downvote_allowed: true
- max_image_size: 500kb
- community_allowed: false
- no_mail_login: false

[–] artaxadepressedhorse@lemmyngs.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

unfortunately, "bad faith" is in the eye of the beholder. Sometimes I wish to very silently express my disapproval without alerting anyone that there has been disapproval. Everyone finds themselves holding a deeply unpopular/controversial opinion from time to time, bc the universe is a complex place. I see it more as doing my part to "slow the angry mob" when the groupthink starts to get out of control

[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It also enables bad faith participation such as down-vote brigading.

[–] BrooklynMan@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

while that's true, people will always find a way to be jerks. if people can't be jerks with a downvote, they'll express their jerkitude verbally, which is certainly worse. i just wish we could move beyond the point where a downvote (or a bunch) was enough to emotionally devastate a person-- or where people feel the need to do that to others.

this is such a nice place now, but, then again, so was reddit in the beginning.

[–] axce@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Curious choice indeed, but yeah, instance owners can configure or code whatever they want!

I didn't find a way to quickly transfer an account between instances like on Mastodon though

[–] kadu@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, Lemmy instances can remove the downvote button if they desire