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?

  • Did you read my comment at all? I’ll assume not since I clearly said you can offer a rebuttal comment, but the upvotes remain on the parent comment.

    You know you can downvote and offer constructive feedback at the same time, right?