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I don't think "getting a couple downvotes from random strangers on the internet" means "the ability for people to have constructive and meaningful dialog here i
by parsecs 6y ago
I don't think "getting a couple downvotes from random strangers on the internet" means "the ability for people to have constructive and meaningful dialog here is seriously lacking"
- bpodgursky 6y agoThe downvotes here are super reflexive and common though. Reddit (at least the parts I'm on) is nowhere near as instinctively negative.
- NetOpWibby 6y agoThis is the reason I joined Lobsters but then I found elitism. No community is perfect. Le sigh.
- throwaway0a5e 6y ago>Reddit (at least the parts I'm on) is nowhere near as instinctively negative. True. But once the votes start going one way or the other and the sheep can see how they're supposed to feel about a comment the votes really go wild in that direction. Controversial things here tend to bounce around a low net number of up/down votes a lot more.
- guerrilla 6y agoI thought they added a feature to stop this from happening. It doesn't show which way the vote is going for some period of a time or something like that.
- throwaway0a5e 6y agoI think the mods have to enable it for their sub.
- throwaway0a5e 6y agoDepends on the context. It's one thing to get down-voted for pointing out some ideologically inconvenient thing or asking a question that's tough to answer in a logically consistent manner. But this was a question about rocks. It's hard to find less inflammatory subject matter than that. All people had to do was take it at face value and not click a button. But they didn't they assumed bad intent. Behavior like that reflects upon the community in the same way that Reddit thinking you can't buy or sell goods via classified ads without a high likelihood getting scammed (to pick one example) is a reflection on that community.