I came from Reddit where they definitely did matter. They don’t seem to hold any real weight here. Is this true for some or all instances? If they don’t matter, what are they for?

  • Zoift [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    6·
    8 hours ago

    They never mattered. Its a psycological trick to steal your attention. Some instances disable downvotes or voting at all

    • AsoFiafia@lemmy.zipOP
      4·
      8 hours ago

      I’ve read about the disabling of voting and find it interesting. I enjoy the voting system because it gives me an easy way to interact with a post without having to comment. I usually only downvote if the post is low effort/slop, or the poster/commenter is just being a troll.

      Thanks for your input.