I read in lemmy support that this is a significant problem. I don’t get it. What does anyone gain in down voting without reason?
I read in lemmy support that this is a significant problem. I don’t get it. What does anyone gain in down voting without reason?
I agree. Unexplained downvotes on posts that look like they’re in good faith weaken the platform - it’s slapping someone who spent time and effort writing their idea.
I’ve heard of other systems that require a reason (or comment) to go along with a downvote. That seems like a good approach.
People enjoy slapping other people.
And they don’t enjoy being slapped.
Other people don’t care how much time and effort someone put into anything, they only care if it makes them fell good or bad. And if you make them feel bad they want to make you feel bad.
A lot of the tech/rationalist lemmyites really don’t get how basic and rawly emotional most human beings are, themselves included.