ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish • 14 days agoAre the "Upvote" and "Downvote" buttons "Agree" and "Disagree" buttons?message-square95fedilinkarrow-up1149arrow-down130file-text
arrow-up1119arrow-down1message-squareAre the "Upvote" and "Downvote" buttons "Agree" and "Disagree" buttons?ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish • 14 days agomessage-square95fedilinkfile-text
Because to me, they seem like de facto "Agree and “Disagree” buttons, whether or not it was the intent.
minus-square@NutinButNet@hilariouschaos.comlinkfedilinkEnglish9•14 days agoIt wasn’t meant to be an agree/disagree button on Reddit either. It’s meant for upvoting posts that contribute to the topic/community and downvoting stuff that doesn’t, such as spam or trolling.
minus-squarewarmlinkfedilink2•14 days agoPeople get emotional over a comment and click the downvote as it makes them feel empowered, that’s how it always ends up. Maybe just having upvotes only would work better.
minus-square@Feathercrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-214 days agoUpvote only doesn’t necessarily work better because it encourages controversially good content rather than unambiguously good content
minus-square@RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglish1•13 days agoSome instances only have upvotes. For example, mine.
minus-square@Iheartcheese@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•14 days agoYep. Didn’t work out that way though just like it didn’t work out that way here
It wasn’t meant to be an agree/disagree button on Reddit either.
It’s meant for upvoting posts that contribute to the topic/community and downvoting stuff that doesn’t, such as spam or trolling.
People get emotional over a comment and click the downvote as it makes them feel empowered, that’s how it always ends up. Maybe just having upvotes only would work better.
Upvote only doesn’t necessarily work better because it encourages controversially good content rather than unambiguously good content
Some instances only have upvotes. For example, mine.
Yep. Didn’t work out that way though just like it didn’t work out that way here