Okay, say there’s a post that says something bad… what do I (or you) do? Do you upvote it because it’s like “thank you for pointing this out”, or does your upvote mean you support whatever the post says (which is kinda the opposite)?
This is super important and not sure how many people know what they’re doing lmao
That’s the ideal.
But I think most people conflate those with agree and disagree.
That’s still consistent, normal people don’t want posts they disagree with to be seen by other people. Only debate perverts would upvote something they disagree with, because they want people to see “good discussion” or whatever.
EDIT To clarify, as a proud debate pervert I tend to upvote people I’m arguing with just so our argument gets more visibility.
agreed that’s human nature at it’s core. Reddits tried for years to push the “Upvote things that bring good discussion, downvote things that don’t”. But yeah humans always will be humans, I don’t see a time when a majority will ever follow that understanding, though I try my best to still follow it.
That’s true. I don’t think it’s generally a problem, but I do find it funny when you see someone politely correct someone else deep in a chain where no one else is reading, and the correction says “0”.
To anyone who downvotes like that: you look like an insecure clown.