I am a reddit refugee. Keep seeing that this is supposed to be somehow better than Reddit. As far as I can tell, it follows a similar format, less restrictive on posts being removed I suppose. But It looks like people still get down vote brigaded on some communities. So I’m curious, how it’s better?

  • aasatru@kbin.earth
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    3 months ago

    I generally downvote in two scenarios. One is if someone is being a jerk, which is not necessarily enough for a report but always annoying. The other is if they are sharing misinformation, even if I believe they mean nothing bad with it.

    I think it has it’s place as a way to reduce visibility.

    And sometimes I enjoy getting downvotes - there are times I knowingly rub a group of people (generally authoritarians) the wrong way, and I’m happy to see the message is well received. ;)

    • mke@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      I’ve taken to replying in both cases :^)

      When I have the time and energy, that is. A lot of my comments are just me adding what I hope is relevant context or correcting what I assume is accidental misinformation.

      I understand reducing visibility of “bad” content, I’m just not sure the tool is worth its negative side effects.

      • aasatru@kbin.earth
        2·
        3 months ago

        Yeah, time and energy is key. But I do notice quite a bit of these types of quality interactions here - it’s very much appreciated! :)