Do you rarely vote on anything at all?
Do you upvote when something is interesting but rarely downvote? Do you downvote when something isn’t interesting but rarely upvote?
Do you vote to signal agreement or disagreement?
Do you vote to encourage insightful replies regardless whether you agree or not?
I rarely interact with the voting system on sites, aside from the occasional missclick, that is. While I think it can be useful when searching for answers or tutorials, especially on topics you’re not familiar with and can’t judge competence vs BS, I think in more social spaces it leads to both echo chambers and karma farming, and it feeds social media addiction by giving you little validations for every upvote you receive.
I also think it prevents people from having more meaningful interactions. Rather than replying with 'This was insightful", “I disagree because…” or “that was really funny” You just make a number go up or down.
For all that I talk a big game about “contribution to healthy discourse”… I use them as “I want other people to see this” and “I don’t want other people to see this.”
That’s a good way to think about it because that’s what it does. More people see posts and comments that have more points.
It’s a Like/Dislike button, and I find it pretentious to treat it any other way.
I upvote nearly everything, helps drive engagement and keep Lemmy healthy.
Its pretty rare that I downvote, guessing a 90/10, 0or 95/5 split
I rarely downvote, only for people being assholes, misleading content, AI slop and so.
For articles, if I think it needs attention I upvote. If it’s garbage shit I down vote. For comments, I usually use as agree or disagree.
I down vote things that are factually wrong. If it’s a matter of opinion and I don’t agree, I take no action. If someone is being an asshole, or if their comment/post has absolutely nothing to do with the post/community, I will down vote. I can’t always tell what is AI generated, so I might end up voting some of those, but my preference is to down vote AI generated content and bots.
Trolling, support other trolling, love art, fuck AI.
upvote things I enjoy or agree with.
I downvote things hate or disagree with.
one exception though. if what they said is correct or justified, even though I disagree or hate it, I’ll do neither.
for example, if a comment said “all men are pigs”, I wouldn’t do anything. technically wrong but also not wrong.
if a comment said, “all men are pigs and deserve to die.” it would get a downvote, unjustified violence against a group is unreasonable and illogical.
if the comment said, “my husband is a pig. he squeals every time I peg his ass.” that would get an upvote, because it’s hilarious.
I upvote more than downvote. I don’t even downvote trolls and usually reserve the downvotes to obnoxious commentators.
I also think it prevents people from having more meaningful interactions. Rather than replying with 'This was insightful", “I disagree because…” or “that was really funny”
I agree. I see perfectly reasonable comments with hundred of upvotes but with one downvote and it makes me wonder why (maybe that one downvote is being petty for the sake of just having a downvote).
Downvoting is a lazy way to disagree. Back when Reddit was great, the etiquette was to explain why you downvoted and disagree, but spez did away with the guideline.
Upvote: agree/made me laught/is important/is good post or comment
Downvote: disagree/false info/unfunny
Usually in the most petty of ways.
I’m on blahaj zone and we don’t have downvotes, so I can’t downvote anyone which honestly feels a lot healthier to me personally.
I actually don’t understand how it’s supposed to work but recently, if I see a post about something I want to stay top/hot, I upvote.
Also, when somebody has a funny/interesting comment, I will upvote.
I upvote things I like. I downvote things by accident, because my back gesture is similar to Lemmy’s downvote gesture.
I obviously also downvote people who are being annoying.
Downvote button disabled. Wish I could also disable the upvote button.
i mostly dont. unless someone is making asanine comment, or a smart ass. or if those comment because egregiously trolly, i will block as well.
