• Sackbut@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Not really. I’m on another Lemmy instance that doesn’t have it, and I really like it. Not sure why people are upset at my comment.

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      1 year ago

      Because if the only way you can interact with a post is by voting up or voting down, then a few problems occur. First, any instance or app that lets you use the downvotes now has a stronger voice than anyone who isn’t using the downvotes. Second, it means users can not push down bad content without a consistent supply of new content to vote over it, a massive problem for small communities. And third, it fragments the community making the service harder to use.