I downvote anything that I deem worsens the quality of the community. This includes, but is not limited to:
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misinformation
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trolls
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bad faith engagement
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uncalled for hostility and incivility
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very lazy, low effort posts/comments
Perfect! I’d add mindless slogans as well.
“The cruelty is the point!”
Or any of 100 other endlessly repeated replies.
Wouldn’t that just fall to the last bullet point?
Yep! But I particularly hate the repeated slogans.
They’re called cliches btw
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Misinformation, bad attitudes, clichéd jokes
100%. And for me, I downvote every form of unnecessary censorship
misinformation and acting in bad faith, both of which have a funny habit of occuring at the same time
The downvote button is the disagree button
So’s your face!
I disagree. Down voted /s
“This is so ignorant replying would be a waste of time.”
Also: “that’s it, I’m leaving this sub.”
Usually in response to a post that isn’t even an overall representation of the sub.
For content that lowers the quality of the fediverse. Misinformation, reposts, bad faith actors, etc.
I mostly downvote bad faith, hostile or just generally angry/mean comments independent of whether I agree with them or not. Basically I’m using it against the people that are polluting the air here.
Bad faith arguments or inflammatory nonsense. We can disagree and I’ll upvote if you’re actually speaking in good faith.
Pretty much any form of, “Whataboutism” gets downvoted. No one was talking about C, why are you acting indignant about C when people were discussing A and B, you know?
Bad faith, low effort, hostility.
Unhelpful / unconstructive
“I don’t like this” button.
Which is often something I disagree withDisagree with prejudice.
It’s not a “disagree” button, but it is a “you’re wrong” button. They could be wrong by trolling, spreading misinformation, spamming, being disingenuous, refusing to understand the topic or engage in good faith… None of those contribute to the conversation.
I think making a genuine mistake is fine if it contributes to discussion, especially if it’s later edited to reflect the fact that it was mistaken.
I try to use it like the original Reddit vision, which was that up and downvotes are for comments that I think add to the conversation. I’ll upvote a comment that I disagree with if it’s well thought out and well articulated (then I’ll say why I disagree).
The exception is when it’s a thread looking for factual information. If someone asks for objective information, I’ll downvote wrong answers.
Racism and homo/transphobia, which are often disguised as (mis)information. I don’t usually downvote people unless they’re being outright hateful though and then sometimes I block them too.
Also downvote & report spam, which is actually pretty rare on lemmy.
