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I'm really enjoying no down votes on Beehaw (self.chat)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Kindajustlikewhat to c/chat

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When I first found out it was an interesting concept that I was pretty neutral on but the more I engage/lurk with the community the more I enjoy it.

I generally don't post/comment much on Reddit because I tend to be extremely sincere and that's not always well received. Usually I don't get much hate, but what I do get is a lot of non-interaction mixed with downvotes. And it's just really discouraging when I'm just trying to share my thoughts.

But having no downvotes here is so nice because I'm not afraid that I'm going to get silenced into oblivion. Either people will actually engage with me (and maybe disagree, but in a meaningful way), or they'll move on and not randomly share their disdain via downvoting.

It's such a small change but makes a big difference. I bet a lot of people feel the same as me - it's more comfortable to engage here.

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[–] alyaza 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It doesn’t seem to work correctly — yet(?). Beehaw users can’t downvote anywhere. Other users can downvote on beehaw.

the global downvoting disable is a byproduct of how toggling downvotes off works with federation: since you access other instances through browsing us, the current implementation can't distinguish where we end and another instance begins. this might eventually get fixed but it's at worst an inconvenience. downvotes meanwhile don't register from anywhere--if a downvote looks like it works, it doesn't actually. nothing happens.

[–] boredtortoise@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the clarification!