In our previous announcement, we announced that we closed downvotes.

Some people found it right, some people hated it, some people hesitated. At the end of the day, since we are on a disorganised platform like fediverse, I find the decision we took right. However, I was also annoyed by the lack of downvotes. So I searched for a solution.

I think the planned post flair support will be a good improvement in this regard. But it seems to take a long time to develop.

What do you think about limiting downvotes to only members of that community? I see it as the optimal way in the current situation.

Please vote with empathy, not just as a user, but assuming you are a poster user. Is it right decision?

Poll: https://strawpoll.com/DwyoDBooDnA

Result: done.

    • PutangInaMo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      11 months ago

      This whole thing is stupid…

      Why would I upvote when my choices to express my satisfaction with a post is intentionally limited?

      Having abilities and then them being taken away, and now a “vote” with no options I agree with, feels wrong to me.

  • rustling_leaves@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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    11 months ago

    My problem with downvotes is that people are using downvotes to downvote that things they don’t like.

    I have observed people heavily downvoting the following things:

    • SPH
    • Humiliation
    • Cocks/gay
    • Cuckold content
    • Male gonewild posters
    • Celebs
    • OC posters that are not a perfect 10/10
    • Niche fetishes

    This leads to

    1. People not wanting to post things
    2. People who do like those things not discovering those things in hot/top
    3. Less activity on the site overall because of decreased morale of posters especially OC posters

    This is why I am in favor of disallowing downvotes.

    Having upvotes is enough to determine which is “good” or “great” or even “bad” content in a community. Because the upvote count relative to other posts in the community tells how it was perceived by the community.

    Having a more “targeted” home page may help people find things that they like instead of an endless stream of a big jumble of random content.

    Reddit doesn’t have this problem because no one browses the entirety of NSFW content by new instead there is an “all” but even that had NSFW content removed from it. So really people are browsing only by the things they have subscribed to meaning if someone were to downvote a post they don’t like they would have to go out of their way to see it.

  • WooBoy@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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    11 months ago

    As someone who posts OC, disabling down votes has been a big improvement.

    I post pictures of my wife and I. We do this for our own pleasure and to help contribute to the community.

    We are not conventionally attractive, but on Reddit we were able to find many places where we could feel welcomed, valued, and hot!

    When I started posting here our content was heavily downvoted, even in communities appropriate for it. This was very discouraging. It made us feel bad about doing something we should be doing for fun.

    Removing downloads has been a positive change for us. It’s made us feel better about posting here.

    I would prefer to keep no down votes for the time being. The biggest problem facing this platform right now is a lack of people posting OC. We need more contributors.

    To focus should be on making things as comfortable and positive as possible for the people who choose to contribute.

    It’s only been a short amount of time since the change was implemented. Is there any data to show if there has been a change in the amount of OC posted?