i think #socialmedia with #downvoting leads to bad #Interaction on the #internet. the #problem is that instead of seeing what you think is a #wrong take and providing an #explanation for what was wrong with the take, you #downvote and move on. but what happens when you #misunderstood the take? now the #person you downvoted doesn't get a chance to #compose a #correction to the #misunderstanding. #worse, the more #downvotes a post has, the more #people will be primed to #think #negative about it
to be clear on this: downvoting in threadiverse means reducing a post's visibility > people constantly downvoting non-english poetry, especially from the global south ... those people know exactly what they are doing #racism #downvoting #fediverse #threadiverse #mbin #kbin #lemmy #poetry

why does reddit have to be all about downvoting

#reddit
#downvoting

like if you jsut wanna go on there and chat about stuff, why does what you're typing have to be about karma. i mean, maybe little bits of positive karma are ok.

but the "downvote" functionality. i almost feel like, some moderators or some subreddits should be able to make subreddit rules where the downvotes could only goto like negative 1 or something instead of sending someone down negative 20 points

why does reddit have to be all about downvoting

#reddit
#downvoting

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