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PSA: every interaction you make with various posts on kbin is viewable to everyone. (kbin.social)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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If you click on the "more" button under a comment or link there will be an activity tab. In this tab you can see everyone who has boosted, favourited or reduced the post. I'm not sure if this a
Is a good feature but it's interesting to see when someone decides to reduce all of your content for no reason.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Though I was skeptical at first, I much prefer the "positive votes only" style that some Lemmy instances use. If you don't have anything nice to say, etc etc etc. Downvotes, at least, seem to suppress peoples' willingness to discuss controversial opinions.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I understand, but it also makes it a lot more difficult to quickly make trolling and spam disappear.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I think the Lemmy instances that disable downvotes are also the instances that have more heavy-handed policies and moderation. They're essentially centralizing moderation to the admins and mods rather than relying on community self-policing through downvotes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

That's a very excellent point and shows the necessary trade-off to make that work.

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