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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Zozano@lemmy.world to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml

Old habits die hard, but there's Reddiquette which needs to be revived, and some which needs to die.

Many "golden-age" redditors remember a time when downvoting was reserved for hostility, not a different opinion. For the sake of our growing community I would like to implore everyone to be awesome to each other.

However, this place is not Reddit.

  • We don't measure in bananas here.
  • We don't need to append "edit: typo" to edited posts and comments.
  • if you see something which is worthy of a downvote: down vote and move on! Don't engage with it and feed the algorithm/engament machine so other people are exposed to it when sorting by active.
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[-] Zozano@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago

As I just replied to another user, paraphrasing this: downvotes might be perceived as the community self-policing, but if you visit r/vegan you'll see how that can make a community hostile. I'm a vegan and I can't fucking stand that place. If you have an alternative opinion, prepare to wind up on the top of controversial, where the mob has a field day.

I think some sub's had the right idea by limiting the lower voting karma to 0. Another downside is it essentially paints a target for the community before an individual has formed an opinion. It generate the hive mind we should be avoiding.

this post was submitted on 10 Jul 2023
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