The Fediverse is huge and overwhelming to a newcomer, with many different types and each with servers to pick from. Which ones would you suggest checking out or avoiding?
this post was submitted on 12 Feb 2026
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Blahaj.zone we're chill AF here
I don't like that you can't downvote, though.
I've only been outside of Hexbear (where there also are no downvotes) for a week and I hate having downvotes. Instead of people replying to something they disagree with with evidence and counterarguments, people just downvote and move on. They really shouldn't be used to downvote comments people disagree with (because that just promotes groupthink), ideally they'd just be used to downvote spam and low effort stuff; but moderators can take care of that, so what's the point?
I prefer that the community have some say in deciding what comments are objectionable rather than relying on mods for every little thing.
If something is objectional you should say something about it, it's one thing for bots and spam, but if you see someone posting an unforced error, you should tell them they're wrong
not to invoke leddit, but you should be able to communicate with other human beings
Okay, so the community should be able to reply to the objectionable comments with the reasons why they think they're objectionable. All downvotes do is let people shut down the conversation without even thinking.
Sometimes comments are poor without being worthy of a conversation about it. The commenter can always ask if they see downvotes and are confused as to why.
In that situation those low value comments that aren't explicitly rulebreaking just proceed to get no upvotes and are functionally the same as a comment that got downvoted. So there isn't really any value gained from having downvotes in this scenario, while they provide negative value in other scenarios.
OHHH THAT'S why Voyager gives me an error.
Sigh, these are the things rhat might drive people away from Lemmy and Piefed. Lemmy devs are tankies, Piefed devs are weirdly puritanical, and instances won't tell you they don't allow downvotes.
Ah, well that would explain why Voyager kept giving errors every time I tried
Exactly. I look at downvotes on articles as a kind of fact curator. If an article has 50/50, you know it’s gotta be wrong.
People also just downvote stuff they disagree with. If you use the downvotes on a post or comment as the indicator of whether it's correct or not you'll just end up believing only the things the majority of the users believe are true, instead of using evidence or any kind of facts.
Discussion of an article's accuracy is what the comments are for; downvotes are a pretty bad indicator of this as they're largely used to indicate agreement with the post's title (which may include disagreeing with it's accuracy, message, vibe, spelling, etc.)
Wait what that's not a thing on blahaj??
Nor on Hexbear, or a few other large instances. In the case of Hexbear and Blahaj, it's to protect queer users from being unfairly downvoted, as well as to encourage discussion over silent downvoting.
Are you though? Not as enlightened as you may think.
you have never said why it's not as they claim. How did blahaj lemmy hurt you?
Are you high?
Responding to someone saying 'you're not as enlightened as you think' with some drug sitgmatisation, on point
come down from your ivory tower bud
Moderation should be honest, and without a clear set of rules with an honest way to check it, the fediverse won't displace the big social medias that themselves lose users because of dishonest moderation.
How is .blahaj.zone's moderation dishonest?
What the fuck are you on about?
This feels like you're vagueposting about something entirely unrelated.
Nobody knows wtf you're talking about mate. You just sound unhinged.
Nobody gives a shit what you, or any of your other bodies, thinks, mate.
Ah, okay, you're unhinged. Have a good day. Blocked