Alright, I'm gonna "take one for the team" -- what is with the "downvote-happy" users lately?

Title. “lmao internet points” and all, but what is the point of participating in a community that sees assumptions and other commonly non-harmful commentaries/posts as “bad” this easily? Do folks in here are really that needy of self-validation, even if it means seeking such from something completely insignificant like internet points? I mean, if I wanted to have a “stepping on eggs” experience with someone (i.e “one false step, and everything breaks apart”), I’d look for a random chick to meet in a bar.

That, or “we reddit now”.

Helix,

Who cares, I don’t display them and am happier than you while doing it

calypsopub,

I don’t ever go back and look at the votes.

library_napper,
@library_napper@monyet.cc avatar

Mostly I downvote people who post screenshots of headlines or tweets instead of posting a link to the source. IMHO we need better moderators to delete that crap, but I do my part.

Draconic_NEO,
@Draconic_NEO@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

You should report them as well, downvoting doesn’t do anything to accelerate them being moderated, but reporting definitely does.

x3i, (edited )

“Do folks in here are really that needy of self-validation, even if it means seeking such from something completely insignificant like internet points?”

But… is that not exactly the description of somebody who complains about downvotes?? As said by others; they should be considered exactly as valid as upvotes. If you feel like they prohibit you from voicing an opinion, I personally feel like that is a you-problem. Ask yourself of the content you posted is crap, if you feel it is not, simply ignore the downvotes and move on, they are just pixels.

Edit: I checked your posts, most downvoted ones seem to be clickbaity or images that you posted to the linux community. This is not something that vibes with that type of community, I would have downvoted that too. The ones on your technical questions seem unjustified however. Posting a code snippet asking people to execute it… I think that crap should even have been deleted by mods.

Karlos_Cantana,
@Karlos_Cantana@kbin.social avatar

Why are so many people suddenly worried about down votes? They don't matter. You get nothing for a lot of upvotes, and you get nothing for a lot of downvotes. If you're so concerned about votes, I think that's a serious issue that you need to overcome, or you're going to have a very hard time in life.

Damaskox,
@Damaskox@kbin.social avatar

I'd argue that having a negative reputation could affect (some) people's behavior here as well.

danielfgom, (edited )
@danielfgom@lemmy.world avatar

I typically never downvote anyone. I’ll up upvote a post if it’s saying what I was already going to say.

I don’t even check vote counts, not my own nor others. I’m just here to share opinions, others and mine.

I couldn’t give a dime as to whether people up or downvote me.

I don’t think it’s a healthy system. And I agree, as Linux users we should support community and different opinions, not squash them. The disagreements can often lead to a better solution for all.

makunamatata,

Same here. Does not make a difference, and it is amazing that people’s egos are hurt or happy about it somehow. But upvotes and downvotes is what drives all other social media: egos want more likes, more subscribes, more “friends”, they want that tribal approval. I find the fediverse to be less infected with FOMO. Drama doesn’t go long around here, doesn’t stick because there are no stupid algorithms feeding more FUD. I am starting to believe that this is where the top 1% of the social media hang out and chill. Here there are people that stick around for interesting conversations as opposed to “look at me”.

Damaskox,
@Damaskox@kbin.social avatar

something completely insignificant like internet points

Nothing has any value until someone gives value to something.
I give value to my reputation points - it's a force that drives me further into coming up with and posting content 😁 And sometimes I enjoy comparing my points to someone else!
I started fediverse with Lemmy but moved to kbin pretty much because of the reputation system being here.

Don't get me wrong though - I don't care that much about downvoting and I don't let it affect negatively on my behavior. At the end of the day, regarding other people in the Internet has more value to me than Internet points 😌

GreyFalcon,

I vote down stuff I don’t want to read. Nothing more than that.

notonReddit,

I downvote because it makes me hard

bartolomeo,
@bartolomeo@suppo.fi avatar

After reading the comments and looking at how much each has been up/downvoted, I have no fucking idea.

ProgrammingSocks,

I downvote posts that are arrogantly wrong. Really not much else unless it’s not relevant to the group at all.

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