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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Cataphract@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

I've been seeing more often (and others have posted the same) that some of the elements of "Reddit etiquette" seem to be taking over here. Luckily I can still find discussion comments but it seems the jokes and general "downvote because I disagree" are slowly taking over.

So the question becomes is it the size or the functionality of the site? The people or popularity? What's your thoughts?

edit: should I change it to Lemmy-hivemind? Exhibit A: the amount of downvotes without a single explanation (guessing it's anything to do with Reddit being talked about).

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[-] ganymede@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

aye exactly. since voting is apparently a big thing now, if we have to work within it, some ideas might help such as mentioned above where hackernews prevents downvoting replies to you.

some other ideas

  • permit upvoting but downvotes require a textbox reply (imo downvoting without a valid explanation is just noise, and we want signal over noise right?)

  • self posts not being upvoted (all posts start at 0)

  • i really like how lemmy shows both up & down rather than final value on alot of sites

  • no voting until you 'earn your stripes'. not perfect, but somewhat helps at keeping voting within domain expertise.

eg. i 'fucking love science', but just because an answer feels nice to me on nuclear rocket surgery doesn't mean my vote should count. let alone be equal to someone with expertise

this post was submitted on 15 Aug 2024
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