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Should Lemmygrad disable downvotes and upvotes? (lemmygrad.ml)
submitted 3 weeks ago by stalinmustacheuwu@lemmygrad.ml to c/asklemmygrad@lemmygrad.ml
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I think of downvotes and upvotes as head nods, and head shakes.

Head nods and head shakes are not constructive criticism.

Removing the ability to give low effort or low quality criticism would encourage us to put effort into real criticism, no?

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[–] Horse@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

voting and the related sorting is the entire point of using reddit-likes such as lemmy, otherwise it would just be a less mature (software wise) vbulletin/phpbb style forum