My wonderful co-admin @supakaity@lemmy.blahaj.zone has made a modification to the downvote system. It’s not currently enabled, but if we were to turn it on, downvotes would be available for use, but they would weigh 5 times less than an upvote.

Which is to say, it would take 5 downvotes to counter an upvote. This would let downvotes have an impact on what appears in the hot topics sort, but hopefully mitigate some of the more negative impacts of downvoting.

Are there any strong objections from Blahaj Lemmy users to enabling downvotes with this modification?

  • Malakai on Lemmy@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 year ago

    Sounds like a really good compromise. “Rediquette” says it’s only to discourage spam and posts that add nothing to the conversation, but in practice, basically everyone uses it as an “I disagree” button. Gets used as a tool to discourage dissent and silence the actual unpopular opinions.

    • True Blue@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      This is the big thing I hate about downvotes on Reddit. Instead of downvotes, people who disagree should make a comment about it, and then THAT comment can get upvoted to show that people disagree with the original comment. It encourages conversation and discourages echo-chambers where people are punished for having a different opinion.

  • catherine@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 year ago

    I think that is a fair system! I still want the option to throw a downvote if something really needs it - but it keeps brigading or shit from happening.

  • rowie324@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 year ago

    i think thats a v good idea c: i am like very new here but i think that’d effectively help limit/prevent people mass downvoting something, i think it’d provide a space for healthy disagreements

  • sponge@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    1 year ago

    i like it! downvotes are too strong for how they’re often used, and this seems like a great compromise.

  • spaduf@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 year ago

    I think this is a really good idea. That said I think it’s important to revisit this at some point and determine how it alters the vibe relative to other instances. A post with equal upvotes/downvotes would be hid in one system and platformed in another. Unfortunately there are lots of awful takes (read transphobia) that could easily reach a 50/50 split. In particular, I think this may become an issue when we inevitably see a conservative corner of lemmy rise up.