Today after updating Voyager the downvote button was gone. What is the reason for removing it? Is lemmy going the way of YouTube?

  • Eavolution@kbin.social
    5·
    11 months ago

    I don’t know but I’ve always thought this sort of place should have 4 buttons for a post. Relevant Irrelevant, I like, I do not like. This way people could disagree with something, but show that they think it is a good fit for the magazine.

    • Arxir@lemmy.world
      81·
      11 months ago

      I disagree. There is rarely a relevance for like/dislike and all upvotes and downvotes are, should be viewed as and used as indicators of relevance.

      Upvote what you find relevant/interesting, not what you like.

      Downvote what you find irrelevant to the community or what uses language that you find inappropriate for that community, not what you don’t like.

        • Arxir@lemmy.world
          1·
          11 months ago

          I assume you mean, that you disagree with my idea. In this case I find it a somewhat valid use of a downvote within the system that I outlined. But if everyone downvotes what they disagree with, before actually engaging with the content, it turns Lemmy into just another echo chamber.

          • dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works
            41·
            11 months ago

            No I think you’re right, but it’s unenforceable and indistinguishable. Being hung up on it is silly IMO. More transparent to just do 2 sets of arrows.

            Sometimes the internet needs to tell you that your content is relevant and also people think you’re s fuckwit :).

      • amio@kbin.social
        3·
        11 months ago

        “Indicators of relevance” is fine in theory, but that’s (allegedly) how it was supposed to work on Reddit too, and… it really didn’t. It will turn into agree/disagree for a significant amount of people who either don’t know or care how voting was intended to work.

      • all-knight-party@fedia.io
        1·
        11 months ago

        You display the problem with that system in your own comment through your wording of “should be”. Everyone knows what downvotes and upvotes should be, but due to their intent being unenforceable they just become “that person liked or didn’t like this for reasons beyond my knowledge and understanding”