Which - to me - is a good thing.

Do not know what downvotes are.

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  • JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    functionally the downvote button is the “I had a negative reaction to this button” and the up vote is the “I had a positive reaction to this button”

    Exactly this.

    Some of my favorite comments have loads of downvotes and to me it just makes whatever dumb shit I said funnier

    If you’re talking about your comments, and you laugh at others who downvote them, then well done. But I submit that most humans are not so thick-skinned.

    There’s also the question of visibility: downvoting a comment is not just saying “You’re wrong”, it’s making the comment less visible to others. A form of censorship, basically. I personally find it extremely annoying and unfair when it happens.

    Perhaps it also has to do with how much time and thought you put into the offending comment.

    • Fleur__@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Man you can’t be spending more than 30 seconds on a comment. If its taking longer to write out just delete it and move on. If you’ve really got something to say in longer than 30 seconds make a post about it