Today after updating Voyager the downvote button was gone. What is the reason for removing it? Is lemmy going the way of YouTube?

  • Eavolution@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I don’t know but I’ve always thought this sort of place should have 4 buttons for a post. Relevant Irrelevant, I like, I do not like. This way people could disagree with something, but show that they think it is a good fit for the magazine.

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      1 year ago

      I disagree. There is rarely a relevance for like/dislike and all upvotes and downvotes are, should be viewed as and used as indicators of relevance.

      Upvote what you find relevant/interesting, not what you like.

      Downvote what you find irrelevant to the community or what uses language that you find inappropriate for that community, not what you don’t like.

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          1 year ago

          I assume you mean, that you disagree with my idea. In this case I find it a somewhat valid use of a downvote within the system that I outlined. But if everyone downvotes what they disagree with, before actually engaging with the content, it turns Lemmy into just another echo chamber.

          • dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works
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            1 year ago

            No I think you’re right, but it’s unenforceable and indistinguishable. Being hung up on it is silly IMO. More transparent to just do 2 sets of arrows.

            Sometimes the internet needs to tell you that your content is relevant and also people think you’re s fuckwit :).

      • amio@kbin.social
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        1 year ago

        “Indicators of relevance” is fine in theory, but that’s (allegedly) how it was supposed to work on Reddit too, and… it really didn’t. It will turn into agree/disagree for a significant amount of people who either don’t know or care how voting was intended to work.