• lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com
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    2 months ago

    Unfortunately, the Lemmy community copied opinion downvoting from Reddit.

    There are good reasons to downvote, but a different opinion is not one of them. This just leads to echo chambers.

    There are 3 options: upvote, downvote and the 3rd one is just not clicking anything.

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      2 months ago

      Literally all my downvotes are from people with different options. This is a huge echo chamber. I rarely insult anyone and I’m always polite. I don’t believe vaccinations are safe for everyone since there are side effects, and I think each person should make their own decision about them. I don’t think gender issues are the most important thing in the world.

      These are controversial opinions on this platform. :) And I get a lot of downvotes for those opinions when they show up. Not that I care, because I just ignore it. But in the larger picture, it makes people leave the platform.

      Why should they stay? I think Lemmy needs to have a good reason to be used. Memes won’t be enough.

      I still like the idea of a platform without big tech though. I just think most people don’t realize what makes people stay on a platform. It’s not memes.