I’m of two minds. On one hand, it can encourage people to try to “score votes” rather than engage in the conversation in good faith. On the other hand, they serve very well to help reduce the amount of “this” or “I agree” comments that don’t add much of anything at all.
Thank you for this information! I wish it hid comment scores as well though, I don’t think I’ve ever even noticed a post score, I only ever see comment scores
Edit: nevermind, it does hide comment scores apparently, they were just still showing for me for a few minutes there
That’s cool as hell actually, I’ll probably do that. I hate trying to decipher why someone else got downvoted and would rather let their words stand on their own instead of being influenced by it.
Yeah, I gotta say, voting culture online is really not my jam. I want to discuss, not consume, and I think votes encourage more of the latter
I do like upvotes, though
It’s also satisfying to see some bs post downvoted for hell.
it do be nice
I’m of two minds. On one hand, it can encourage people to try to “score votes” rather than engage in the conversation in good faith. On the other hand, they serve very well to help reduce the amount of “this” or “I agree” comments that don’t add much of anything at all.
The vote scoring bugs me. I genuinely do not care for the opinions of every bystander on a discussion if they’re not willing to voice them.
Just in case you didn’t know, you can hide the scores in your account settings. (I feel weird hiding them, but you might have a stronger mind than I)
Thank you for this information! I wish it hid comment scores as well though, I don’t think I’ve ever even noticed a post score, I only ever see comment scores
Edit: nevermind, it does hide comment scores apparently, they were just still showing for me for a few minutes there
That’s cool as hell actually, I’ll probably do that. I hate trying to decipher why someone else got downvoted and would rather let their words stand on their own instead of being influenced by it.