What are your upvote/ downvote habits.

If it helps contribute to the conversation in a meaningful way, I'll vote it up. Even for things I disagree with. Disagreeing is for comments.

If it does not contribute in a meaningful way, I'll vote it down. If they're being nasty, spreading misinformation without 10s of research, or otherwise making the topic harder to communicate, down it goes.

If there isn't an obvious reason why things should go up or down, I don't vote. If the vote needs some explanation, I add a comment unless someone already said what I meant to say. Then I vote on that.

Up and down does not mean yes and no to questions. Up and down doesn't mean agree or disagree on a subjective level. Otherwise, imagine what it would be like if you translated the context to real life. A bunch of drama queens not saying anything to each other.

"Cool!" -> upvote

"Twat." -> downvote

"ehh" -> ignore

I almost never downvote, except if somebody is deliberate troll. I don't downvote things I find negative, depressing or wrong.

I usually upvote posts/comments I comment on and I seldom comment just because somebody is wrong in the internez.

I upvote if somebody has already commented something I was about to comment.

I upvote posts I feel people should see, even if they are horrible or sad.

I upload things that I like. I never, ever downvote anything.

Personally, I kind of never intuitively thought up and down analogous to “good” or “bad”, rather I’ve always just thought of them as signal boosting and signal… uh, diminishing?

I.e I upvote stuff I think more people should see, and downvote things I think nobody should see. Neither of which directly correlate with good or bad or my level of agreement.

We don't have downvotes on my instance, and it's an amazing difference. I recommend it!

I generally just upvote everything I like, no real thought process involved.

I upvote everything I like. I only downvote if the person is being hateful or really unconstructive.

I sort by new and upvote content I think most people will like, and downvote low quality content.

If it’s replies to a post of mine I upvote virtually everything. If something is so incorrect is borderline misinformation or so off topic that there’s no connection to the thread, I downvote. If it’s really insightful that I think more people should read it, I upvote.

I'll upvote any constructive interaction, but I think a big reason why aggregators got popular was the ability for a user manifest their general disagreement with something in a way that can impact the visibility of that info. So I don't think the overall nature of upvotes/downvotes could manage to be substantially different to Reddit or any other aggregator. The user behaviour is ultimately determined by the availability of the function, rather than the nature of the community that uses the platform/function

Automatically downvote everything related to Trump, Musk, Zuckerberg.

Upvote thinks I think more people should see.

Everyone who engages in a post I made gets an upvote.

Everyone who replies to a comment I made gets an upvote.

If a post is interesting enough to me to comment, it gets an upvote.

I don’t downvote comments , it’s lame , pathetic

I rarely vote anywhere. I think it's a toxic habit for many platforms and it fucks with some peoples brain.
Example:
Voice your sincere opinion that you really like blueberry ice cream. Get downvoted because someone thinks raspberry is better but just gave a downvote and no reason. Spend the rest of the day wondering why.

I downvote comments that I feel are not constructive to the conversation. This includes things like unnecessary aggression / attacking, spreading misinformation, using offensive slurs or language, and trolling. I don't downvote based on differences of opinion - in fact I upvote people who disagree with me if they've engaged in a respectful and genuine way. I also upvote comments that I think are well written and insightful. Sometimes I upvote comments that have been downvoted and I can't see a valid reason as to why.