It often makes me sad seeing some posts receiving downvotes, even though I know it’s from random people across Lemmy instances who probably aren’t furries.

I could disable downvotes which would make it so that they’re ignored by the instance and the count would only reflect the amount of upvotes. But, that also means that Yiffit users wouldn’t be able to use downvotes anywhere else.

What do you think?

  •  gaael   ( @gaael@beehaw.org ) English
    7•1 year ago

    I registered on an instance that disabled downvotes from the beginning (beehaw) and I like it. I’ve seen several (but not a lot, I think 4 or 5 in as many weeks) comments that started along the lines of “well, I would have downvoted your post but since I can’t I’ll comment to tell you why I disagree”.

    Probably only a tiny fraction of people react this way, but I think it is one of the things that help having more discussion and more meaningful engagement.