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?
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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.
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.
Also, simply having a way to voice disagreement is as good as having a way to voice agreement.
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.
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.
A comment that is dangerous, too hostile, or just plain misinformation.
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.
One thing that will most certainly get my downvote is anime I hate anime
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.
I don’t downvote, I’m on Beehaw where downvotes are disabled
