I used to downvote fairly often on Reddit as a sign to disagree or to push down really disgusting bigoted comments. And to be honest, it became a habit to just downvote without replying. However, now that I’m on lemmy and not Reddit I’ve been actively trying to not instantly downvote things and instead move on or take the time to reply. Has anyone else been trying to do this?
I believe that the ‘policy’ on beehaw (please correct me if I’m wrong anyone) is that if a comment has the potential to be truly dangerous or harmful to users it should be reported and removed, if simply a harmless misconception, then that’s different. Then there are certain conversations shat shouldn’t be had on beehaw in order to keep it a safe space. Those things can be discussed elsewhere on the fediverse with a different account.