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I'm really enjoying no down votes on Beehaw (beehaw.org)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Kindajustlikewhat@beehaw.org to c/chat@beehaw.org

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When I first found out it was an interesting concept that I was pretty neutral on but the more I engage/lurk with the community the more I enjoy it.

I generally don't post/comment much on Reddit because I tend to be extremely sincere and that's not always well received. Usually I don't get much hate, but what I do get is a lot of non-interaction mixed with downvotes. And it's just really discouraging when I'm just trying to share my thoughts.

But having no downvotes here is so nice because I'm not afraid that I'm going to get silenced into oblivion. Either people will actually engage with me (and maybe disagree, but in a meaningful way), or they'll move on and not randomly share their disdain via downvoting.

It's such a small change but makes a big difference. I bet a lot of people feel the same as me - it's more comfortable to engage here.

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[–] bdonvr@lemmy.rogers-net.com 15 points 2 years ago (22 children)

Well you're a beehaw user. I'm not, and I can actually downvote things here. I'm just not sure if it actually effects anything.

[–] woteorin@beehaw.org 11 points 2 years ago (19 children)

I mean, does it seem to change the vote numbers when you do it? Like, try downvoting my reply and we'll see if it results in us both seeing a 0. :P

[–] bdonvr@lemmy.rogers-net.com 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

Downvoted as well. Looks like no since other people have also downvoted you and you're still at 1

I'll have to test- maybe other users on my instance can see my downvotes, but they won't federate because BeeHaw rejects them. And therefore no other instance can see them.

Edit: Okay so I've confirmed it.

When downvoting content on an instance that doesn't allow downvotes, you can see only the downvotes that come from other users on your instance. I can see two downvotes now, which happened just after I used a second account to downvote.

[–] woteorin@beehaw.org 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I am pleased for my role in performing science today. :D

[–] lysy@szmer.info 2 points 2 years ago

Science is not that hard as people think :P Thank you my friend.

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