What is the purpose of voting up or down on? I’m not clear what voting is suposed to achieve?

I never vote up or down on here in the same manner that I never click Like on any social media sites either, I don’t see what the intent behind it is.

  • subignition@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I may be in the minority here, but it doesn’t feel right to me to upvote my own stuff. The vote counters should reflect how others perceive my contributions. It’s a given that I agree with my own posts, so that shouldn’t be counted.

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      1 year ago

      Honestly, you might be more likely in the majority, Reddit automatically did it, so people didn’t feel guilty for removing said upvote.

      But that’s among one of the only platforms where boosting your own post is considered fine.

      Im not surprised if people compare it with the Facebook equivalent of liking your own post - the only difference is that Lemmy doesn’t tell you where the upvotes come from, which might entice more people to do it as they cannot be judged for it like you can on Facebook.

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      1 year ago

      That’s why all posts and comments start off with you already having uvoted it.

      If you’re gonna make it possible to upvote yourself, just make it so everyone does it by default, and it cancels out.