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If it's downvotes you're concerned about, I think the fact is that bad scoring aren't hidden by default like reddit which is why unpopular downvoted takes are more visible. People feel strongly here about their opinions but I wouldn't worry too much about the amount of downvotes in general so long as it's not because you're an asshole or troll.
Social media bubbles are present everywhere, the way the Fediverse is set up I think leads to stronger but smaller echo chambers, which I don't think is necessarily a bad thing because you choose what kind of group you want to be with and which other "bubbles" you will interact with based on how aligned your values are with other bubbles. You get the choice of what things you want to debate and discuss and what you don't.
i downvote posts that whine about downvoting.
and in '26 pretty much everything anyone disagrees with is 'misinformation'. people no longer agree on basic facts of reality anymore.
Just cite any hard data on an issue, like population numbers, or economic stuff.
If it challenges or disproves someone's point, they will claim it's a lie, and/or report you for trolling.
That or they will go find some other data that is biased to show you how 'wrong' you are or claim it's all part of a 'conspiracy'. Because the US census is a conspiracy.
Hehe. I do that too. :]
Well, it's really more than that.
Due to the nature of Lemmy, where all the data is public in lemvotes, I've come to consider a downvote a personal fuk-u, signed from me.
And sometimes I absolutely do want to deliver that direct message to another user, and so I do use downvotes. I do so fully aware that the person I'm judging may judge me in return.
not all, its defederated from .ml for example
However if you're an admin on any instance you can still freely see votes
Hmm. Interesting. But I act as if my actions are completely public in all places in Lemmy.
Really. I've been using this nick for 35 years. I've published a few things.
Wouldn't be too hard to track me down and make my life hell. It would be best if that doesn't happen.
I don't hold back with my feedback to idiots online, but I avoid crusaders, and carefully consider my downvotes.