ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 25 days agoAre the "Upvote" and "Downvote" buttons "Agree" and "Disagree" buttons?message-squaremessage-square95fedilinkarrow-up1149arrow-down130file-text
arrow-up1119arrow-down1message-squareAre the "Upvote" and "Downvote" buttons "Agree" and "Disagree" buttons?ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 25 days agomessage-square95fedilinkfile-text
Because to me, they seem like de facto "Agree and “Disagree” buttons, whether or not it was the intent.
minus-squarewarm@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·25 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-squareFeathercrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-225 days agoUpvote only doesn’t necessarily work better because it encourages controversially good content rather than unambiguously good content
minus-squareRedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·25 days agoSome instances only have upvotes. For example, mine.
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.