I Miss The Old Days
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Bring back people getting excited about stuff.
I wish that when people disagree with a comment or post, they would give a brief explanation for their disagreement instead of just downvoting.
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I was just thinking to myself it's been so good around here, YPTB has barely had any activity for weeks.
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.
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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 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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!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
Wow, piefed is looking better every day
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People having reasons that don't align with yours doesn't make them willy-nilly.
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".
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Bring back people getting excited about stuff.
Is this one negative enough for you?
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Bring back people getting excited about stuff.
Hobbyist*
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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".
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.
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Brand new account, owner was probably banned for trolling or shit
Heaven forbid Lemmy acquire new users.
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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
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Please elaborate I’m out of the loop
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
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Hobbyist*
No, they’re the most hobbyest of all the posts!
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Wow, piefed is looking better every day
Its fun!
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Bring back people getting excited about stuff.
Maybe I'll create a community too, for what I don't know yet
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Wow, piefed is looking better every day
I wish it had a dedicated Mobile app. Or a PWA (Progressive Web-App)
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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
Ah yes Tankies, the liberal version of woke
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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".
Some people do use it to mean they don't agree with the thing that was said. Heck, I will down vote certain comments because they are a detriment to the conversation even if they aren't misinformation because they might be derailing or ignoring the context of the conversation.
I also down vote some comments for being unnecessarily rude even if I agree with them.
I just have a low bar for what deserves up and down votes, but there is always a reason. Heck, I just upvoted your comment to counter a down vote.
