this post was submitted on 19 Mar 2024
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Considering how well voting has turned out in general, maybe the voting system is the issue.
You know, I don't even disagree with you. Voting really doesn't bring any good to the table, it only creates some sort of hive mind mentality
Plus it allows users to anonymously express disdain towards somebody, not just to their comment or opinion but them personally I've seen this happen on Reddit where people were mass downvoted for seemingly no reason other than being openly trans/queer.
It only gets worse when you use that as a reputation system for restricting users because then it's a social credit system.
Agree. I moved to an instance without downvotes for this reason.
and warframe!