When I first found out it was an interesting concept that I was pretty neutral on but the more I engage/lurk with the community the more I enjoy it.

I generally don’t post/comment much on Reddit because I tend to be extremely sincere and that’s not always well received. Usually I don’t get much hate, but what I do get is a lot of non-interaction mixed with downvotes. And it’s just really discouraging when I’m just trying to share my thoughts.

But having no downvotes here is so nice because I’m not afraid that I’m going to get silenced into oblivion. Either people will actually engage with me (and maybe disagree, but in a meaningful way), or they’ll move on and not randomly share their disdain via downvoting.

It’s such a small change but makes a big difference. I bet a lot of people feel the same as me - it’s more comfortable to engage here.

  • Kushan@beehaw.orgEnglish
    15·
    2 years ago

    At least on Jerboa it displays a notification saying that downvotes are disabled.

    • bdonvr@lemmy.rogers-net.comEnglish
      13·
      2 years ago

      Well you’re a beehaw user. I’m not, and I can actually downvote things here. I’m just not sure if it actually effects anything.

      • woteorin@beehaw.orgEnglish
        14·
        2 years ago

        I mean, does it seem to change the vote numbers when you do it? Like, try downvoting my reply and we’ll see if it results in us both seeing a 0. :P

        • bdonvr@lemmy.rogers-net.comEnglish
          19·
          2 years ago

          Downvoted as well. Looks like no since other people have also downvoted you and you’re still at 1

          I’ll have to test- maybe other users on my instance can see my downvotes, but they won’t federate because BeeHaw rejects them. And therefore no other instance can see them.

            • kwj@szmer.infoEnglish
              3·
              2 years ago

              Science is not that hard as people think :P Thank you my friend.

          • Sens@feddit.ukEnglish
            2·
            2 years ago

            Kinda get the reasoning behind it, however some commonality here would be good over time as Lemmy is developed

        • Sens@feddit.ukEnglish
          7·
          2 years ago

          Downvoted for testing purposes, showing score Of 0 for this comment for me currently

          • woteorin@beehaw.orgEnglish
            1·
            2 years ago

            I’m seeing a 1 on my end, so either things are lagging out for different users and I’m about to see a massive chunk hit…

            Or it’s all localized. :P

        • fraser@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          7·
          2 years ago

          Downvoted from my instance and it’s a zero. No record of the other downvotes being tested here though. Maybe it’s humouring me with a fake downvote but not really transferring across to your post?

        • ds12@beehaw.orgEnglish
          3·
          2 years ago

          Just chiming in to remark how hilarious and wholesome these downvote comments are! =D

        • bdonvr@lemmy.rogers-net.comEnglish
          2·
          2 years ago

          Okay so I’ve confirmed it.

          When downvoting content on an instance that doesn’t allow downvotes, you can see only the downvotes that come from other users on your instance.

      • alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgMEnglish
        12·
        2 years ago

        Well you’re a beehaw user. I’m not, and I can actually downvote things here. I’m just not sure if it actually effects anything.

        it does not, and if it looks like it does then that’s all on your end (presumably because whatever you’re using can’t quite parse the lack of downvotes and gets a bit confused) but doesn’t register on ours

        • bdonvr@lemmy.rogers-net.comEnglish
          8·
          2 years ago

          As I was able to confirm, looks like anyone else on the same instance can see my downvotes. But not anyone on any other instance, even if they have downvotes too.