When I first found out it was an interesting concept that I was pretty neutral on but the more I engage/lurk with the community the more I enjoy it.

I generally don’t post/comment much on Reddit because I tend to be extremely sincere and that’s not always well received. Usually I don’t get much hate, but what I do get is a lot of non-interaction mixed with downvotes. And it’s just really discouraging when I’m just trying to share my thoughts.

But having no downvotes here is so nice because I’m not afraid that I’m going to get silenced into oblivion. Either people will actually engage with me (and maybe disagree, but in a meaningful way), or they’ll move on and not randomly share their disdain via downvoting.

It’s such a small change but makes a big difference. I bet a lot of people feel the same as me - it’s more comfortable to engage here.

  • Sens
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    51 year ago

    Downvoted for testing purposes, showing score Of 0 for this comment for me currently

    • @woteorin@beehaw.org
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      21 year ago

      I’m seeing a 1 on my end, so either things are lagging out for different users and I’m about to see a massive chunk hit…

      Or it’s all localized. :P