Okay, say there’s a post that says something bad… what do I (or you) do? Do you upvote it because it’s like “thank you for pointing this out”, or does your upvote mean you support whatever the post says (which is kinda the opposite)?

This is super important and not sure how many people know what they’re doing lmao

  • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
    44·
    2 days ago

    I see voting as decentralized moderation, not as an expression of agreement or like or something.

    Upvote means “I want people to see this” and downvote means “I don’t want people to see this.”

    • Impound4017@sh.itjust.works
      3·
      2 days ago

      100%. Content sorting is (to my understanding) handled by peer vote rather than any kind of central algorithm on Lemmy by default, so a vote is much less about agreement/disagreement, and much more about doing your part in the process of separating the wheat from the chaff imo.

      In my view, even a (non-bot) lurker who only views/votes is still contributing to the community, because they still add another data point for sorting. It’s a collective effort that generates a collective content algorithm, so a person should vote accordingly.

    • serpineslair@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 days ago

      This. It’s “I like this content” or “I dislike this content”, not agree or disagree. I get annoyed when people downvote because they don’t agree with an opinion, as it will then get less eyes. Downvote if the content is misinformation or just blatantly bad.