Trying to do it more now

  • sugar_in_your_tea
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    10 months ago

    At last down votes don’t block posting like they do on Reddit, so getting brigaded doesn’t prevent you in any way. It sucks to get down voted for an unpopular opinion on a high quality post, but it at least doesn’t make my ideal experience worse.

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      10 months ago

      I don’t care about downvotes if it’s unpopular, I’m talking about the trolls here. They’re gaming the system.

      At last down votes don’t block posting like they do on Reddit, so getting brigaded doesn’t prevent you in any way. It sucks to get down voted for an unpopular opinion on a high quality post, but it at least doesn’t make my ideal experience worse.

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        10 months ago

        Trolls will always game the system, that’s what they do. We need better moderation tools to help separate “unpopular” posts from posts made in bad faith.

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          10 months ago

          True that they always game the system, but we can upvote everyone if you feel like it’s in good faith. That would solve both of these. Also, are bad faith posts really a problem? I’ve only seen people getting buried. Tagging users would go a long way.

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            10 months ago

            Yup, I try to upvote anyone that’s being constructive, downvote people if they’re being troll-ish, and leave useless but harmless posts alone.

            And I don’t think tagging people is enough since they can still harass people, post disgusting stuff (e.g. scat porn, CSAM), etc, all of which makes lemmy less attractive to the people we want to retain. So moderation tools to identify and remove repeat offenders is essential to the long-term health of the project.

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              10 months ago

              I can agree with that, having tagging and moderation tools would be the best imo.