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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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[–] MiddleWeigh@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

extremely sincere

Yea I totally relate to that. People don't like heartfelt actual thought with emotion ime. A quirky one liner though? Upvote.

I tend to let it all out on these places, like a journal. I enjoy reading others entries too.

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[–] ABlackWaltz@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

I'm in complete agreement. When I joined Beehaw, I didn't think much of the lack of downvotes - "oh, cool, sounds good." It's definitely made it easier to want to interact with the community (as someone partial to lurking) and I've come to appreciate that they're disabled on this instance. Glad to see others are in agreement.

[–] julianh@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

Huh, I was wondering why some stuff didn't show votes. I guess this explains it.

[–] mrmanager@lemmy.today 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I really dont like downvotes either. It's better to upvote content you like.

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[–] howdy@thesimplecorner.org 3 points 2 years ago

I feel the same. Although I started at beehaw and really liked the idea. I carried over to my own instance and it's nice. I have a few times looked for the down vote and realized I wanted it because I disagreed with whatever the comment was. That's silly... I use the upvote for thanking someone essentially at this point.

[–] heartlessevil@lemmy.one 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Ironically this is how it was done on Digg before reddit, you could only "digg" something to increase its score.

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