If someone is an ass or a troll, you should NOT engage with them. Just downvote and move on
Thing is I don’t downvote without explaining why I did so.
But you should.
Why?
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I’m all about discussion. But there can’t be much of a discussion if the one you talking to just says no to any given argument. That would be like Karen telling me no when I try to explain to her that the earth is not flat. She could downvote that statement but I’d really like Karen to elaborate on why she thinks I’m wrong and she is right. Don’t you see that Karen takes your position on this one? What I’m getting at is that with your downvote you don’t explain anything. Pls have the decency to elaborate.
the karen insult has been out of phase since two years ago. Catch up. And nobody owes you a conversation or their time. Especially when you try manipulative trigger shit like this. You’ll end up on block lists everywhere. Enjoy your dead air.
I posted an opinion that I thought was unpopular on lemmy to /c/unpopularopinion. I don’t really get what is wrong with that. I’m sorry if I hurt anyone’s feelings or offended someone.
Except every post is downvoted for some reason
But the reason is rarely to never explained. So i conclude: lots of Karens.
Why do you think the reason needs to be explained at all? Every site that uses an up/down vote system has pretty clear guidelines on how they are meant to be used, so either the user is voting according to those rules, or is using it as a like/dislike button. Commenting is typically reserved for contributing to a conversation, and in most instances, justifying a vote ends up being either noise, or comes off as complaining about Internet points.
On Reddit, I used to go fuckin crazy when people would just reply “This.” Just upvote and move on
And I know you (yes, you) want to reply “this” to my comment. Knock yourself out
No one reads any guidelines even if there were any. Do I up- or downvote in this community if I agree to a statement? I just think it would be helpful to know why a post meets so much rejection or consent. I of course get that Lemmy is a reddit clone. But do we really need to make it all the same? I don’t think that the most upvoted post on the frontpage is the best post or most usefull in that timeframe. It’s just the most upvoted post for a majority of people that do not contribute much but up- and downvotes. This is a Lurker-centric system. But I don’t think that there are enough contributors that they would put up with this (+ there are no benefits to do so whatsoever). I just think the merrits of a social media site is it’s content. I don’t feel that there is much appreciation on here for that.
Sometimes…
But sometimes one is just being gaslit.
It’s a spectrum, not a binary-decision.
There is some truth in what you said.
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I am commenting on my own post to ask a follow-up question with regard to the statement in the post: Does Lemmy think the statement is popular or not?
