Do you also downvote publications when you don’t understand them or only when you don’t agree / they don’t make you laugh / they don’t interest you?

What are the reasons for a downvote?

    • Ghostalmedia@beehaw.org
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      Some instances have downvoting disabled. Beehaw.org for example.

      They’re trying to encourage positive communication, so they have it turned off. Upvotes only.

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        And thats the reason why I chose another instance. I want to be able to downvote when people post terrible things. Who knows how long it will take for moderates to remove something, or if they will at all.

    • Matte@feddit.it
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      this. the downvote should be strictly for comments and posts that don’t help engaging in a discussion. the whole website is built around this concept.

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    I try to reserve downvotes for things that I think have negative value. If I simply don’t like something, I ignore it and move on; just because I don’t like it doesn’t mean that it lacks value for others. If I don’t understand something, and it’s important enough for me to act on, I’d rather have a discussion and learn.

    I’ll downvote posts that don’t fit the purpose of a community, or which were clearly posted to start an arguement. I’ll downvote comments that are insulting, inflammatory, or otherwise malicious.

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    I generally reserve my downvotes for three things. People being jerks, people dishing out incorrect information, and reposts.

    But I’m also a beehaw main, and downvoting is disabled for the entire instance. I only downvote on my lesser used accounts for other instances.

    • Vlyn
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      1 year ago

      Then don’t join and/or block anime communities? I don’t like sports, but I’m not going out of my way to downvote every sports related post.