I personally dont but why do you think ppl care so much about being downvoted on internet chat forums? - eviltoast

Still learning the rules of this room by the way so bear with me

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    1 year ago

    When used correctly (for irrelevant/trolling/toxic comments etc., not for disagreement) it is useful as a community filter.

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      1 year ago

      Been testing Kbin and Tildes, and I like the way Tildes does it. There are upvotes, no downvotes. Instead, there are also labels that can be applied like joke and off-topic. There’s even an analogue of gilding via an exemplary label which has an 8-hour cool down and requires typing a brief reason.

      Tildes wants to encourage longer, thoughtful discussion so jokes get pushed to the bottom by default. Currently no option to custom sort that I could see if, for example, you want to read funny comments instead—and that’s fine.

      Point is, a better system than upvotes/downvotes would be nice as a general feature for aggregators going forward.