• Strider@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    I often see downvotes due to people disagreeing or not understanding there can be different perspectives. So yes, I can agree with this very much.

    However, it also needs to be stated the up and downvote mechanics are completely open for personal interpretation and there are basically no rules. So everything is fine.

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      6 hours ago

      I see it more as a “this person is a moron/ arguing in bad faith” button for comments, or a “this doesn’t belong here/ is spam” button for posts.

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        3 hours ago

        Yes, same for me. If a person is hostile and trolling. Although the latter can also be subjective.

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          1 hour ago

          If I’m being 110% honest, if it’s a comment being down voted, I’m probably about to start trolling that person. Life is too short to not fuck with unreasonable people.

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            1 hour ago

            Sometimes I receive a share of downvotes. Which only bothers me when I really have no idea why, because usually I want to know if I am on the wrong path and improve.

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              38 minutes ago

              Yeah, that’s happened to me a few times too. Sometimes it’s a misunderstanding, sometimes my opinion just doesn’t really mesh with some other folks. Sometimes I’m just being a dick and deserve it.