I haven't seen a negative post in months.

You just haven't said anything that they consider the 'wrong thing' to say. That's all.

Trust me, once you do, you'll know.

Ah yeah sure enough. "Hur hur, they mention downvote so we downvote hruhur!"

Please elaborate I’m out of the loop

!fedigrow@lemmy.zip to see people posting their hobby communities

A few I'm active in

• !casualconversation@piefed.social
• !askgaming@piefed.social
• !lego@piefed.social
• !football@sopuli.xyz
• !movies@piefed.social
• !tycoon@lemmy.world
• !citybuilders@sh.itjust.works

It also helps to use Piefed and create custom feeds for different interests, e.g. https://piefed.social/f/blaze_android or https://piefed.social/f/blaze_privacy

Brand new account, owner was probably banned for trolling or shit

I wish that when people disagree with a comment or post, they would give a brief explanation for their disagreement instead of just downvoting.

I've had a couple cases I could've presented there, but it just wasn't worth it to me to take the time to gather the evidence and write out my case. There's good reason I'm neither a lawyer, nor a politician.

I disagree that people should always leave a comment as that is going to both cause more arguments over small details and if there are many downvotes then it is going to basically spam their inbox.

Sometimes it is nice if one of the downvoters explained if it wasn't obvious, but sometimes the comment is just so bad that explaining is worse than a bunch of silent downvotes.

Nothing was said about requiring it, but I agree that it's a bit annoying when there's downvotes without anyone justifying even a single one of them.

The downvotes also clearly seem to mean different things to different people.

Generally I think they're just used for spam, extreme racism/homophobia etc, cruelty, bullying, or offensive content - but some people are clearly just chucking them around willy-nilly for very little reason.

People having reasons that don't align with yours doesn't make them willy-nilly.

Wow, piefed is looking better every day

Sorry I wasn't clear, I mean that some people (I assume) use downvotes just to mean "I don't agree with the thing you said" rather than "this is extremely offensive/cruel/horrifically bigoted/spreading dangerous misinformation" etc - even on something really minor like "I prefer this tv programme to that one" or "I like this foodstuff made in this way".

Is this one negative enough for you?

Hobbyist*

If something is extremely offensive/cruel/bigoted/etc, it probably needs to be reported and not just downvoted... Unless it's some community for hateposting, that kind of stuff is almost always straight up against the community rules.

Heaven forbid Lemmy acquire new users.

Read the comment again and tell me that's the comment of a new user on their first day

Lemmy is just like every other community that has a narratives it agrees with and if you disagree with it even a little you get brigaded. Tankies in particular in my experience

No, they’re the most hobbyest of all the posts!