Because to me, they seem like de facto "Agree and “Disagree” buttons, whether or not it was the intent.

  • thisisbutaname
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    2913 days ago

    They should be “this is worthy to be seen by many” and “this is not”. Sometimes that also overlaps with my agreement with the post.

    • @Shortstack@reddthat.com
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      613 days ago

      This is how I use the vote arrows too.

      I think I’ve gotten a little idealistic since moving to lemmy because I definitely used the votes as agree/disagree on Reddit, because it was clear that was what the hivemind decided it was for, who was I to argue.

      • XIIIesq
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        513 days ago

        It was literally in the reddiquette that you’re not supposed to use them like that, but in practice, you’re absolutely right and that’s how they’re used.

      • @sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        513 days ago

        In the olden days there was ‘reddiquette’ which still existed on smaller, non default subs. You’d downvote poor contributions and up vote good ones