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Better than disabling it:
I still wish that downvoting was multidimensional though. Negative feedback is important.
Negative feedback is important.
Exactly. Without it, we'll have the same problem that YouTube has without dislikes, where a video with a hundred likes and a thousand dislikes appears as a generally liked video...
Could you elaborate on multidimensional up-/downvoting?
Imagine a system that works like this:
So it's a bit like Slashdot, but only for negative reactions.
Each "reason" would be a dimension, as now you can measure content by funniness, accuracy, etc. And one of the effects of this system is that, if you are being downvoted, you'll have a better grasp on why. It's considerably more useful as feedback, for users in good faith.
(It has a few additional advantages too; for example custom sorting filters, and the very fact that a downvote takes a tiiiny bit more effort than an upvote should encourage positive feedback over negative one.)
Don't worry about it. Many heavily downvoted posts are also clearly in violation of either the community or instance rules; e.g. non-news posts in a news forum, or bigoted posts on instances that don't permit that.
If it’s in violation of the rules, report it. Don’t just downvote.
It's partly why I joined lemmy.one as they disable downvotes.
Oh good, downvotes still work here.
Yes they’re meaningless internet points, but downvotes serve a real purpose.
Also beehaw
Just engage, if you disagree with people. Engagement is much more useful than just donwoting and exposes different point of views.