As a somewhat frequent poster myself, I kind of miss the meaningless number going up. It lets me track how many people have seen the stuff I posted and cared enough to react
As a somewhat frequent poster myself, I kind of miss the meaningless number going up. It lets me track how many people have seen the stuff I posted and cared enough to react
Votes are the only reason making a social platform social.
Juat look at Youtube comments, Instagram, Facebook, etc. None have downvotes.
Its somehow more social to see opinions on votes besides text.
I think voting is completely unnecessary, and is a sort of “participation placebo” for the lazy but opinionated.
Its more about reflecting on your own comment or post.
Here is a good post about this topic https://lemmy.ml/post/29375485
I find a good amount of opinions in that post highly idealized and conceptual, but not really the end experience. Nevertheless, thank you for sharing the link.
I’d be more open to a voting system that rewards actual contribution. For example, a user is allotted (rewarded?) a certain number of votes for every post and every comment they make. The content creators and discussion participants drive the platform.
I’m sure a whole new set of problems would arise, but I feel it’d be a fresh experience, with less armchair warriors.
Nobody needs to vote, but if most people do vote, makes it easier for everyone to find good content.
The best content on this platform often has less than 10 votes. The most? The sociopolitical headline mill communities.
If certain people feel that’s the good content, that’s their prerogative. I don’t.
Now you’re conflating quality with popularity.
A popularity metric is still handy since there is no objective quality metric.
That’s a fair point.