I upvote as a marked as read function (:
I use downvotes for that on YouTube ever since they gutted downvotes lmao
i quit premium when they did that, i use yt to search for info, and they took a tool i use to sort sources and save time
So that's why it kept recommending the same videos I have watched? Just because I haven't voted?
I do the same.
My favorite is downvoting both sides of a political discussion when both sides have stopped citing interesting arguments/facts, and have devolved to name calling or some variant of “don’t care”.
That's the best! I hardly ever downvote just cause I disagree-- Most of my downvotes are because I think someone is being mean or antagonistic.
I like just down voting at random.
I downvoted my own comment.
Thank you for the content OP
It's not easy posting content as some mods get butt hurt over jokes but all you can do is keep trying I guess?
Who called me?
Let's go bowling!
COUSIN!
Ni hao madafaka
This is a dumb way to think. You upvote if the content is good or you like it, and you downvoted if it's bad or you dislike it.
Upvoting any post means garbage can be pushed to the front page, like this!
Or misinformation.
Someone called my brother?
When there is competition for the front page, this is a valid consideration.
Even if there weren't competition (and there definitely is, spend some time in the New feed if you want to see some really bad posts that don't make it there); I'd still want the best ones on top.
I believe your head onto something though it sounds very important and secretive so cannot give a meaningful comment
I downvote because "content" is a bullshit word made up by C-suite jackasses to describe a budget line item. I upvote for art I appreciate, questions that are good questions asked in good faith, news and information that are informative. "Content" is only a thing if your job is "gather eyeballs for ad revenue", a phenomenon which can't even exist on Lemmy.
I upvote because I'm on beehaw.. and fairly sure I can't downvote
Just gotta keep re-reminding people from time to time. We get a lot of newcomers still, and probably will for the foreseeable future, so some bad habit bleed-over from other internet spaces is pretty inevitable.
One of them is the self censoring. People don't realise that lemmy doesn't need to cater to advertisers so we can say things as we please.
An example would be:
I WANT NAZIS TO BE VIOLENTLY BEAT UP AND HAVE THEIR KNEECAPS BROKEN. BILLIONAIRES NEED TO BE PUT IN GUILLOTINES
And I won't get something as silly as a sidewide ban.
