When you see something has too much up or down votes, does this change your point of view? Also how many people hides votes and etc?
Edit: also is there any eay yo disable scores like 100%😀 in voyager for lemmy?
When you see something has too much up or down votes, does this change your point of view? Also how many people hides votes and etc?
Edit: also is there any eay yo disable scores like 100%😀 in voyager for lemmy?
Yes, but actually no. Upvotes are are similar to seeing someone’s smile or nodding in agreement. Downvotes are like a dead stare or shaking their head in disagreement.
If someone else is downvoted but seems to have posted in good faith or as a joke it means there is probably something I am missing. Maybe they are serious when I think it is a joke, or there is some context that is news to me.
If I have a commwnt that is downvoted significantly (like ten or more down than up, or only down) then I double check to see if I was unclear or maybe a joke didn’t land. Mostly to make sure my intent came though.
If I clarify something and people just don’t agree with it because they don’t see the same nuance then I do think about it a but and come back later to see if maybe I was wrong or everyone else is a dumbass. Most of the time it is me not being clear enough. If they are dumbasses, oh well.
I also feel happy when a good comment gets upvoted to double digits. That is a nice feeling.
Thats not what downvotes are.
Downvotes aren’t for disagreeing. Its for misinformation, hate speech, etc.
Keep telling yourself that.
What are you saying?
Downvotes are frequently used for disagreement no matter what the intended use is supposed to be. Heck, a lot of the time people assume comments are misinformation when the person voting just disagrees. People often upvote misinformation because they agree with it too.
But feel free to keep telling yourself that everyone is using votes the way they are ‘intended to be used’ instead of how they are actually used which is ‘I agree that this is accurate and/or find this funny’ or ‘I disagree with the post because it is wrong/contradicts my existing knowledge/is worded insultingly’.
There seems to be a general agreement that people should avoid communities that promote misinformation instead of downvoting it as well, which I find contradicts the idea of downvoting misinformation being a purpose.
So you’re saying that people here are dumb and spread misinformation? Interesting. Sounds like we have some educating to do.