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Should Lemmygrad disable downvotes and upvotes? (lemmygrad.ml)
submitted 1 day ago by stalinmustacheuwu@lemmygrad.ml to c/asklemmygrad@lemmygrad.ml
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I think of downvotes and upvotes as head nods, and head shakes.

Head nods and head shakes are not constructive criticism.

Removing the ability to give low effort or low quality criticism would encourage us to put effort into real criticism, no?

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[–] chinawatcherwatcher@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 day ago

sure, and i think there's a similar level of vagueness to booing, which is why i compared it to that. basically it's whether or not someone had a significantly positive or negative reaction to your post/comment, which yes there can be lots of reasons for but they still provide, as you said, a general idea of how people feel about something.