The problem is that it’s publicly shown. Let me pull an old comment:
When you have an upvote/downvote structure, there is an incentive to not go against the grain and just post stuff that’s considered “acceptable” in the local community.
Not everyone treats the votes the same way as well. Some people downvote because they don’t agree with the content, the poster, just because they sound disagreeable or simply because the post is too much to read. You can apply the same myriad of methods to upvotes. Not one motivator is the same.
If we’d ditch showing the numbers and just have them work under the hood, discussions might start looking a lot more genuine.
It’s not really that they don’t allow negative feedback. They just prefer that if you do have negative feedback, you comment it instead of just downvoting and moving on.
It just replaces the down votes with comments. I don’t consider argumentative responders to be obnoxious either, so I guess it depends on what kind of environment you want.
Which is the point. Kinda like how freedom of speech lets you say stuff, but you can still be kicked out of a BLM event for saying something racist. Rather, if you have something you don’t like about a post, just say it instead of just down voting, and they’ll judge you based on that comment.
I don’t like platforms that do not allow negative feedback tbh.
The problem is that it’s publicly shown. Let me pull an old comment:
When you have an upvote/downvote structure, there is an incentive to not go against the grain and just post stuff that’s considered “acceptable” in the local community.
Not everyone treats the votes the same way as well. Some people downvote because they don’t agree with the content, the poster, just because they sound disagreeable or simply because the post is too much to read. You can apply the same myriad of methods to upvotes. Not one motivator is the same.
If we’d ditch showing the numbers and just have them work under the hood, discussions might start looking a lot more genuine.
Hexbear has downvoting disabled. Which is in part why they brigade people to express disapproval rather than merely use that.
It’s not really that they don’t allow negative feedback. They just prefer that if you do have negative feedback, you comment it instead of just downvoting and moving on.
Doesn’t that system make for incredibly obnoxious comment sections consisting only of people disagreeing and complaining + argumentative responders?
Normal comment sections are often bad enough already
It just replaces the down votes with comments. I don’t consider argumentative responders to be obnoxious either, so I guess it depends on what kind of environment you want.
I’m going to disagree with you there, because they love banning people who disapprove of their posts.
Which is the point. Kinda like how freedom of speech lets you say stuff, but you can still be kicked out of a BLM event for saying something racist. Rather, if you have something you don’t like about a post, just say it instead of just down voting, and they’ll judge you based on that comment.