Yeah. On the surface it seems like it would be a positive. But in practice, it shields people from criticism of their behavior.
Yeah, yeah, “use your words” and all that, but some comments are just so brain-dead or trollish that they’re not worth a response, and even a downvote is expending far more effort than the comment is worth. So the person who made it sees 3 upvotes but not the 50 downvotes, so their takeaway is that “wow, 3 people liked my braindead comment” rather than everyone except 3 people hated it.
I get the appeal of disabling downvotes, but if I say something stupid, I wanna know.
the majority of comments on here or any platform are braindead nonsense to me. I just try to focus on the one or two intelligent and informative ones. And boy do dumb people like to downvote smart commentary or personally harass the poster.
i wouldn’t use that instance.
toxic positivity is not a thing i’m interested in participating in. i’ve seen it ruin many places and people.
Yeah. On the surface it seems like it would be a positive. But in practice, it shields people from criticism of their behavior.
Yeah, yeah, “use your words” and all that, but some comments are just so brain-dead or trollish that they’re not worth a response, and even a downvote is expending far more effort than the comment is worth. So the person who made it sees 3 upvotes but not the 50 downvotes, so their takeaway is that “wow, 3 people liked my braindead comment” rather than everyone except 3 people hated it.
I get the appeal of disabling downvotes, but if I say something stupid, I wanna know.
the majority of comments on here or any platform are braindead nonsense to me. I just try to focus on the one or two intelligent and informative ones. And boy do dumb people like to downvote smart commentary or personally harass the poster.