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?
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?
I always hated the voting system on reddit, but I think that’s because on reddit, it was basically a gauge of whether you said something popular relative to the specific subreddit you stumbled upon and people would use it as a disagreement button all the time, making already niche subreddits all the more insular.
On lemmygrad, I find that with the exception of the occasional out of the ordinary controversial subject, it mostly seems to get used as an ideological/corrective barometer. A way of pointing out “hey, this doesn’t seem right, what are you saying” if something is really off.
Versus on reddit, people will just kinda use it to bludgeon others even if what they said is accurate and fair.