• sfjvvssss@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    In this thread something I see a lot on lemmy is happening. Maybe someone can give me a hint on how that happens. The post itself is 90% upvotes, while the comment section is really anti-Brave (for good reasons). Do most upvotes come from people scrolling through without looking at the comment section and those with an opinion on the topic dive into it?

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      9 days ago

      I upvote the post because I support the feature, and would like to see more browsers implement more privacy focused features.

      I upvote the anti-Brave comments, because fuck Brave.

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      9 days ago

      I think you should not downvote a post you have a negative opinion about. If the post is worth to discuss then why should I not upvote the post and then say that I disagree in the comments. If we all down vote those posts nobody will see it (apart of those who sort by controversial) and there will be no discussion.

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        9 days ago

        If the software in question is bad, then I’d like to reduce visibility of the post while explaining why in the comments.

        Brave is connected to the BAT pay-to-surf scam. Its CEO donates to homophobic causes.

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      9 days ago

      Most people never bother to read anything beyond the title of the post. Let alone click the link to the article.

      Now, i don’t know how everyone sees up/down votes. But I always thought that content and comments that is relevant and promotes discussion is good. And comments that aren’t are bad.

      Rather than a measure of others opinions.

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      9 days ago

      It seems to me most people simply upvote the post to reward OP for bringing things up, exposing etc. Comments serve opinions on the topic itself, but upvote/downvote is more for if it’s good according to community rules and if the topic itself is interesting.

      • Petter1@discuss.tchncs.de
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        9 days ago

        I upvote posts that I think are worth being seen by more people. That includes posts about topics that I don’t like or agree with, but think people need to know is happening and I think to know that are not including disinformation or misinformation or opinion written as facts.

    • nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      9 days ago

      people just scroll around up voting headlines that they think sound good or support their identity

      I try to counter this by randomly downvoting everything