[Meta] People who downvote the daily thread, why?
[Meta] People who downvote the daily thread, why?
If you don't like it, block the bot?
I'm confused on why people would downvote threads that account for most of the content in this community
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Well, it's public info, so maybe the downvoters of this post will respond (with words):
@P34C0CK@lemmy.world
@inge@discuss.tchncs.de
@zcd@lemmy.ca
@Parasite_Messiah@lemm.ee
@DrakeRichards@lemmy.world.
@doublejay1999@lemmy.world
@absentthereaper@lemmygrad.ml
@Ward@lemmy.dbzer0.com
@thesmokingman@programming.dev
@hightrix@lemmy.world
@antizero@lemmynsfw.comOkay. That was the last one. I won't do that again - I just wanted to verify that whether you ask generally, or ask directly, people who downvote won't say why. Perhaps because there isn't really a good reason why you might downvote a post in a community dedicated to casual conversation.
The only reply was one I'll never see (because the instance I'm on is defed'd with lemmygrad), and downvotes for my comment of course.
Interestingly, there's no record of anyone reversing their downvote for OP's post - so the idea that accidental swipes play a part seems fanciful.
The real question is do any of these people contribute anything of value to Lemmy, and - if not - why anyone should give a shit about whatever it is they're trying to communicate with their downvotes.
The conversation just got less casual LMAO. Nice one
Daily threads are dumb.
I’d rather not block a bot.
There’s nothing complex going on here. Also, to agree with the other guy, this call out is creepy as hell.
Inferring that info is maybe not as straight-forward as you're assuming.
As for being called out, it was a dick move in response to a dick move. I'm surprised you guys aren't more robust in the face of someone disagreeing with you.
Maturity is the ability to disagree with respect.
Mature? Like downvoting a post asking why something is being downvoted? Like responding "Because I don't want to" when asked why you don't just block a bot?
There's no way these things are more mature than just doing what we should all be doing: just scrolling past. There's rarely any need for downvotes, and the idea that we're just supposed to guess what you mean by them is ludicrous.
Downvotes mean exactly the same thing as upvotes, that I either like or dislike the content.
There’s nothing deep here. This is random social media where votes and points don’t matter. Everyone has their own interpretation of what an upvote or downvote means. No one gets to dictate it.
Getting upset about downvotes, that’s the only ludicrous thing happening in this thread.
I'm not upset at downvotes. My comment got plenty of 'em. It's fine.
If the meaning of them is so individual and nebulous, then I'm even more mystified why anyone would hand them out. You dislike something, but so what? What's anyone supposed to do with that information? They can't be interpreted as anything apparently. Lemmy's userbase is too shallow and it's sorting algorithms too unsophisticated for anything to get buried. So it's an action without a goal, a petulant thumbs down that in most cases just leaves someone puzzled as to why it happened at all.
Then it should be that much easier to ignore them and get on with your day.
Well, whilst I'm happy to chat about them in a 'casual conversation' thread when people are responding to me directly, this isn't some hang-up of mine. This isn't my post and it wasn't me originally asking the question. I just decided to be an arsehole and redirect the question to the downvoters directly, because I suspected they'd never reply otherwise.
Fundamentally, the question was "why downvote anything in a 'Casual Conversation' Community?". When an OP is trying to build a Community up and asking for constructive criticism, what does a downvote mean in response to that? And so, after provoking a response, what have we ultimately arrived at? "Oh, you should ignore me. My pointless actions are those of a misanthrope". This is not a win. No-one owes anyone a justification of course, but when it came, it's not unreasonable to have hoped it would be better than that.
Yeah, I get your point. I just don't think pushing them for a justification was the right move.
Oh God no. Agree entirely. Least popular comment I've ever made. I trust we all had fun though: anyone who downvotes a post asking about downvotes is entirely up for a bit of mischief in return, surely.
Downvotes are supposed to represent anything worse than aphathy which includes mild discontent. It's not like it takes much more effort to click one button before scrolling past anyways. You're treating this like they leave a comment talking about how much they hate the daily threads.
I'm not treating anything like anything - I'm completely neutral in this. FWIW though, when the answer came, it was 'daily threads are dumb'. Well, okay, tell OP that. 'Mild discontent' in response to a question is no use to anyone, but the 'mildly discontented' seem very reluctant to justify their insistence on delivering it.
Where are you pulling that from?
It's accessible to anyone having its own instance.
Upvotes are public via Kbin
Nah, I don't think I will. Get bent. Ping me out of nowhere on some creep shit expecting answers you don't deserve, fuck is wrong with you? Smarmy fuckin cac pissant.
Lemmygrad is full of not very nice people. You guys should stay off this evil gay western internet thing.
Huh. A
poster thinking they're being quippy. What are the odds?Huh indeed, I'm pretty sure I come from lemmy.world and I'm not a vatnik or nazi.
I click shiny arrow you put name in post and me get famous.
Ha. 'fraid not. Only did for an hour, and I wound up enough people just in that time.
Even though everyone downvoted you, you did the best thing that could happen to this conversation. 👍
Interesting, thanks