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this post was submitted on 01 Sep 2023
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I actually like having the downvotes disabled. I saw a brigade of comments that I didn't agree with on a large post, but didn't want to have to refute each and every one... so I instinctively went to downvote (because they were misinformation comments that can be dangerous). But alas, I had forgotten that I couldn't and had to rethink what I was trying to do.
So I refuted several, but that's tiresome. I agreed with others and upvoted their comments as well. And that's when I realized that the people I agreed with were really the only ones with any upvotes. The brigade of misinformation comments were hardly being interacted with at all.
And I liked it for myself, because I couldn't just mindlessly downvote... I had to interact to refute, or simply not entertain them at all. And I realized that nobody was entertaining them; they were just a "loud majority" at the time, while the more productive comments were being upvoted, even if not responded to. And I suddenly felt less isolated in the thread, with all the misinformation comments flooded around.
So then I made my own comment to the topic. Engagement I probably wouldn't have made before. And my whole process of thinking about how I engage and interact here kind of changed. We don't need downvotes at all, there's plenty of ways to disagree already. No need to "downvote to hell" if they have an opposing opinion. Downvotes can just lead to unintended consequences and just really aren't needed, in my opinion
If there's something to report though, make sure to do that. Plenty of options though, no downvotes required