I was reading the rules of Beehaw.org and they opted to disable downvotes, and I see other instances doing the same.

The main reason is that often the downvote is used as “I don’t like it” instead of “This is not relevant to this community”; in the latter case, I think the “report” button is the correct action to perform.

What are your thoughts on this?

  • LeftyAutisticKinkyMemer@lemmynsfw.com
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    1 year ago

    I don’t agree. Downvotes might be not relevant and counter productive in general discussions, but in porn communities I think they’re critically important. If there’s no downvotes, spam bots or trolls will overtake communities. Mods can only get to things so fast.