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Do you want downvotes? (POLL) (lemmynsfw.com)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by bobbiguy2122@lemmynsfw.com to c/lemmynsfw@lemmynsfw.com

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Currently downvotes are enabled on a trial basis, this was done by me to see if they can be enabled to prevent spam from rising to the top of communities, along with the fact that is another form of interaction/feedback.

However I've gotten some pushback for this and so I'd like to see the general consensus of this decision. Please put any comments/concerns in this thread, and please vote here: (Link gone poll is done)

the results of this poll and the comments will determine if we keep or remove downvotes again

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[–] fabsecretpowers@lemmynsfw.com 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (17 children)

No downvotes. People use it as a "this isn't my fetish" button and everything even slightly niche gets sent to oblivion. Especially bad for gonewild posts where people's self image gets involved.

Also using a Google doc for this poll seems like a bad idea since people who aren't from this instance can vote

[–] morphballganon@lemmynsfw.com 20 points 1 week ago (16 children)

You are using "some people misuse a thing" as a rationale to get rid of the thing.

If someone posts fetish x on a vanilla community, they should get downvoted. If they post that same thing in a community about fetish x, then the community can simply be blocked by those so inclined.

[–] Biapathy@lemmynsfw.com 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

If they post that same thing in a community about fetish x, then the community can simply be blocked by those so inclined.

The problem is the majority of people don't actually do that. They just downvote it to oblivion. That's a significant part of why they were turned off in the first place.

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