I was wondering how users tend to judge what to upvote, what do downvote, and what not to vote on.
I made this comment which got me wondering what others think and do
Personally I upvote almost everything. I see upvote as “this is a good Lemmy post/comment” and downvote as “this is a bad Lemmy post/comment”. Most of what I see is good. Bad things are things such as misinformation, bad faith stuff / trolling, people being mean/annoying, bad (in my opinion) takes, people being wrong/stupid about stuff, irrelevant things, etc. When I do not vote it’s for one of 3 reasons: either I don’t understand what it is saying, it makes a reference I don’t get, or I can’t determine whether it’s good or bad (usually because it’s unclear).
I upvote when the argument is good or I want to give a little more visibility for the argument expressed in the comment. And if it’s a joke, to show that I enjoyed the joke.
I downvote if an argument is in bad faith or not thought of thoroughly at all.
I updoot basically everyone I interact with, or anyone I think has shared good insights, funny jokes or some other thing in that order. Or when relevant to a community like the unpopular opinion community where you upvote what you consider unpopular and downvote what you consider popular
I downvote when I think someone has a bad take, or is being hostile or spamming
And I don’t interact when im either feeling neutral on it, a good take is proposed in an asshole way, or someone whose comment is disagreeable enough for me not even consider engaging
a good take is proposed in an asshole way,
This one is up there for me. Lack of tact. The worst is seeing a public spat where one party wasn’t totally closed off to having their view changed but then some clown takes a shit in the comment box and ruins that potential.
I upvote basically everyone and even those I’m arguing with on Lemmy. I rarely down vote, I use not voting as my functional down vote as people get pretty fucking creepy about tracking you when you vote them down.
as people get pretty fucking creepy about tracking you when you vote them down.
Can one see who voted on a comment here? Or is that just when it’s likely by logical assumption (like a reply on a 3 months old comment getting downvoted after 2 minutes -> has to be from the person whose comment was replied to)
You can lookup who voted which way on each specific post because Lemmy is transparent.
Thanks, I wasn’t aware of that!
I upvote posts I enjoy reading or hearing about. I upvote comments that are intelligent and/or well said. I rarely downvote.
The other day I upvoted a post I agreed with. A reply disagreed with it and made a thoughtful argument against the post I agreed with. I upvoted that too. Thoughtful discussion and insight is always something I appreciate.
I rarely ever downvote unless it’s racist/sexist/bigoted nonsense or complete bullshit/misinformation. I don’t downvote people I merely disagree with.
I upvote clever jokes, insightful comments, and anything I think isn’t pointless. I upvote a lot, haha.
This is me too.
I mostly just upvote or pass. If someone is adding to the conversation and keeping the Fediverse alive, upvote. Like throwing a thumbs up.
I upvote comments I like that contribute to the conversation; downvote dumb jokes and people just trying to get easy upvotes. And also comments I don’t like/disagree with, though I try avoiding that if I can help it cause it’s bad etiquette (especially if it contributes to the discussion).
And also comments I don’t like/disagree with
That’s how most people upvote/downvote on Reddit and that’s why you’re massively downvoted there for expressing an opinion that goes against the hivemind, even when your comment is thoughtful and well written. Lemmy is better about that, but I’ve noticed a lot more downvoted comments here in recent weeks where it’s just people disagreeing.
Yeah, I personally try not to interact with comments I don’t agree with.
I upvote what I like and downvote what I don’t.
It depends on where I am: If it’s a funny post in a shitpost com/mag, then I upvote. If it’s a well reasoned argument made in good faith in a discussion, I upvote (even if I don’t necessarily agree with it). If they’re saying something factually incorrect, I downvote. If they’re posting shit that’s not germane to the subject, I downvote. Clearly arguing in bad faith? Downvote. Asshole? Believe it or not, straight to downvote.
If it seeds division, doesn’t provide a path to discussion, is overtly toxic, is in bad faith, or is flame bait. It gets the downvote.
I generaly will upvote replies or posts were the commenter is making a sensible point in an argument, (even if it politically may NOT be something I agree with) as I do come to sites like lemmy with the “old school” usenet conversation philosophy.
If I can be a foil that another person can have ideas bounced off (esp. if they are really good ideas) I will jump in, upvote and comment.
I will upvote when someone is showing their artwork and I see a sincere effort and openness to share - that is always nice, even if the person is starting out and the work isn’t very polished. Be it cooking, photography, music, art, carpentry… whatever… people have to start somewhere and I will never tear into someoone’s effort in a destructive way.
I also upvote when someone like on the music comms brings a new artist whose style is something I have not heard before (and at my age, that is a rarity) and is well crafted and complex… Love that esp. so.
I use upvotes as a ‘read’ button. Sometimes when I enjoyed a post, I up it it as well. Rarely do I downvote unless I noticed the post/comment was already negative.
Anything entertaining, or that gives a perspective on their opinion. Anything not outright atrocious or wrong. I have a light finger for likes.
I upvote things I like sometimes when I remember. I downvote things that don’t at all belong in the community they are in, get important facts disastrously wrong and then double down, and hateful content.
I used to rarely if ever up or down vote. Basically it has to be extrememly bad or extrememly good. I use the don’t show me things in my feed I have viewed or interacted with so I upvote everything so that it does not show up when I refresh. one reason I don’t like public up and down voting is because no one uses the same standard so its all a jumble of jumbles.
