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I know this isn't about lemm.ee specifically but I figured this was a good place to ask.

I always found it weird - even on reddit - that users could upvote and downvote themselves. Why not just have posts start at 0 votes?

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[–] stanford@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago

It kinda makes sense. I mean, technically you like your own post, otherwise you wouldn't upvote it.

But in practice, it does make sense. If all posts are automatically upvoted, there won't be any taboo or ill feel about users upvoting their own post as everyone does it.