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    11 months ago

    Who defines that? There is a third option (not clicking anything). I use that for disagreement. If I disagree, I write a comment why I disagree instead of just using the middlefinger button and creating echo chambers…

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      11 months ago

      Why do you think the downvote button exists? For funsies? Sorry we aren’t saving you’re precious feelings by using one of the fundamental features of the website

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        11 months ago

        Why does it exist? I can only tell you what I use it for: For spam, for hate, for racism, for off-topic-stuff, for advertisement, for trolls, for “bad” bots, for people who ignore facts, …

        A personal question: How exactly do you differentiate between a post that suggest to destroy country XY and a post of someone who thinks, that topping XY on a Pizza is good, although you don’t like it? IMO, one of these 2 posts is way worse than the other.

        Sorry we aren’t saving you’re precious feelings

        You don’t hurt my feelings. You hurt the platform (Lemmy).

        I just want to make people think about it.

        I hope, I did not hurt your feelings… I mean… You couldn’t even accept the existence of my post without downvoting it…

        Imagine, you have an opinion and 30% support it and 70% don’t support it. Now, you post it, get 30 likes and 70 dislikes. You total score is now -40. What do you do now? Some people will think “What a stupid platform”. Some people will delete their post. Some people will leave the platform.

        by using one of the fundamental features of the website

        Ever wondered why Facebook, Twitter, … have no dislike button and why YouTube removed this “fundamental feature”? Because it caused too much negativity which is not good for the platform.

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          11 months ago

          You said everything but what was asked of you. You’re making this harder on yourself. You raise good points, at the wrong places.

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            11 months ago

            I was asked what I think the button is good for and I answered it above:

            For spam, for hate, for racism, for off-topic-stuff, for advertisement, for trolls, for “bad” bots, for people who ignore facts, …