[Discussion] Should votes be displayed publicly? · Issue #4967 · LemmyNet/lemmy
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Question I'd like to hear everyone's thoughts on possibly making votes public. This has been discussed in a lot of other issues, but here's a dedicated one for discussion. Positives Could help figh...
    • pivot_root@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      3 months ago

      I’m not sure which two trolls decided to downvote your comment saying “fair points,” but here’s an upvote for being a good sport about listening to me explain why your preferred implementation of blocking might not be more effective than what we have now.

      • Socialist Mormon Satanist@lemmy.worldEnglish
        210·
        3 months ago

        Ahh, thanks. Truth be told, comments like yours (as in well thought out and logical) are why I love Lemmy so much.

        I have a little downvote team following me around. Many in this thread have denied my theory about that, but meh, I can see when they’re at work. So don’t think that it had anything to do with your post, it was just my name that makes them rage out a lil bit.

        To your points tho, I do think they are great, and I def wasn’t seeing that side of things until I read your post. So great work!

        • Carrolade@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          3 months ago

          If there was a team of downvoters following him around, then the number of downvotes he receives would be more consistent across his content, with older things having more and newer things having fewer.

          Instead what we see is wildly varying downvote totals, seeming to depend on the specific thing he says. People disagreeing with his statements would not fuel his victimhood mentality though.

          Personally I do check his account once a day to keep tabs on him. I don’t generally downvote though, I prefer to fact check his statements.