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Discussion: Lemmy.one and downvotes (lemmy.one)

submitted 1 year ago by Fmstrat@lemmy.one to c/meta@lemmy.one

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Why are they disallowed? And more importantly, why is this not transparent in the pinned post about Lemmy.one as a rule?

I was blindsided by this when I saw another user mention it, and while I enjoy Lemmy.one very much, I'm considering moving on because of this. I rarely, very rarely, down-vote, but at times it's handy to push down misinformation or adverse content.

It feels a bit too much like YouTube and the removal of the dislike button to me. What are other's thoughts?

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[–] random_character_a@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In Reddit only time I downvoted was when somebody was clearly trolling and trying to get a reaction.

Btw. In Reddit I witnessed couple of times suspiciously quick downvote influxes in political discussions. Could bot accounts be used to achieve this, to bury opposing arguments with ton of downvotes?

[–] leftascenter@lemmy.one 7 points 1 year ago

Downvoting is a very standard bots or troll farm tool.

[–] Nesuniken@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

Wouldn't you just be giving the trolls what they want?