Sometimes I see a post that could really use a downvote, but I can’t downvote it. I really think being able to downvote posts that are not great (rascism, tankieism, dumbass takes, etc) is a really cathartic experience and I miss having it from my old instance.
I understand wanting to remove downvotes to combat negativity, but I don’t think it’s a good idea. When YouTube removed dislikes, people missed having them.
Edit: A lot of people are replying to this saying that if someone posts hateful content, I should just block and report them. Which I don’t disagree with, but there’s always content that’s annoying enough to want to downvote, but not bad enough to go against the rules of the sub. I’d rather just downvote that sort of thing and go on my way than leave a comment saying “shit’s cringe, yo”.
… then why would it matter if they’re allowed? Even if they’re like the Close Door button on an elevator. Honestly it could be a per-user option, at least on comment pages.
You’re asking the wrong person. That’s a question for the lemmy devs, not for the admins of a specific instance.
But you’ve modified it enough to ignore downvotes globally.
That’s out of the box functionality. That’s how it works on any instance that disables downvotes
Fair enough.
This feels like we’re just halving the influence of user votes. On reddit, I would downvote anything I felt was boring or a subject that I didn’t wanna see again. Now on lemmy, I simply mark it as read instead. The effects are the same, causing the post to disappear from my feed without a posing mark.