Lemmings, how do you use updoots and downvotes?

I tend to upvote a post when it Links an interesting article or provokes an interesting conversation, and only downvote them when they voice an convectively bad opinion (like, bigotry or other unjustified vitriol).

I tend to upvote comments when they make a good point or at least try to support their argument, and only downvote them for the same reason as posts: when they are trolling, being unnecessarily aggressive, or trying to justify bigotry with fallacious reasoning or something

What about you?

nom_nom_nom_9999,

I upvoted anything and downvote nude

AgentGrimstone,

I upvote when a post is helpful, funny, entertaining, or if I just want to let the poster know that their post was acknowledged . I rarely downvote, mostly reserved for trolls and unprovoked rudeness.

some_guy,

I try not to use downvotes unless someone expresses a truly gross point of view or outright says something that is wrong / counterfactual. I upvote the ones that stand out as useful / informative / funny / insightful for comments. I upvote most posts if I enjoy seeing them and any that are requests for information.

JoeKrogan,
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I upvote posts I find useful or helpful and downvote spam or abusive posts. If I dont like something I just dont engage with it.

_Sprite,
@_Sprite@lemmy.world avatar

I only upvote things that makes me laugh. I don’t upvote very often.

Hadriscus,

Well there you go. I only upvote things that make me cry

ZjM7k,

Parallel to the join-lemmy.org documentation (see below) I upvote what I want to see more of, and downvote what I want to see less of.

“You can upvote posts that you like so that more users will see them. Or downvote posts so that they are less likely to be seen.” ~ join-lemmy.org/docs/…/03-votes-and-ranking.html

Silentiea,

Yeah, but how do you qualify that?

vivavideri,

Funny? Up. Useful? Up. Asshole? Down. Bonus: cats/bats/art, up.

Easy.

ZjM7k,

Ah, I suppose I can be a bit more specific about my process.

Posts: upvote if I care/liked it, downvote if I don’t care about the post so I will hopefully see more of what I care about, and less of what I could careless about.

Comments: upvote those that add value, and really only downvote those that specifically subtract value (mostly when people are being jerks)

MapleEngineer,
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I upvote things I like. I downvote very little. I laugh at snowflakes who believe that downvoting people who don’t agree with them makes any fucking difference at all here.

BonesOfTheMoon,

I only downvote when someone is being an unreasonable asshole. It’s ok to have a different opinion and state it respectfully. Otherwise I sprinkle updoots like fairy dust.

Appoxo, (edited )
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Upvote: I agree
Downvote: I disagree
No vote: 50:50 agree

Edit: Seems lile many do not agree with my philosophy :)

BigMikeInAustin,

So, if I comment “disagree” to this, would you upvote for agreeing that I disagree, or would you downvote for disagreeing with my disagreement of your statement?

/s

Appoxo,
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If you are disagreeing with my take on a problem but I agree because it’s a better solution, I will gladly upvote you
Edit: Missed the /s. Slept not enough ;D

MakePorkGreatAgain,

lemmy isnt reddit - the up/down votes dont do much except indicate a number.

Appoxo,
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They represent the general opinion of the community.
What else is it supposed to mean?

You mean it does not result in something like karma points.

Silentiea,

I’m asking how people intend to use that number.

BigMikeInAustin,

Um, I was using the number to pick my lotto numbers. Oops.

/s

leaky_shower_thought,

for posts:

  • is spam? downvote. report if I am not on the best of days.
  • is the post trying to follow the “let’s be awesome to each other” tenet? upvote.

for comments:

  • do I agree or like it? no bearing.
  • does it relate to the post, or expands on the info and encourages dialog? upvote.
TexasDrunk,

I don’t downvote much. My upvotes vary depending on how drunk I am and what I’m drinking.

Anticorp,

Contributes value to Lemmy? Upvote!

Is a troll, propaganda, pointless, or a personal attack? Downvote!

Appoxo,
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By the propaganda logic you’d need to downvote half of all posts for Linux propaganda by Windows standards ;D

circuitfarmer,
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  • Upvote: I found a post or comment interesting
  • Downvote: A post or comment is misleading
  • Updoot: The post really bacons
  • Downdoot: doot doot doo
eldrichhydralisk,

If I see a post and I want to see more posts like that in that community, I updoot. If I want to see less posts like that in that community, I downvote. Nothing more complicated than that.

So if you post a cute cat pic to a community about cats or cute things, I'm updooting it. Not even super concerned with how well I looked that specific pic, I want to see cute cat pics there and you provided one so you get the updoot.

But if I'm in a discussion-based community and you post something with a clickbait title, I downvote. Doesn't matter if you're technically still on topic, I want to see less of that nonsense so I downvote it.

Silentiea,

Do you have a clear way of defining “clickbait” or is it just vibes?

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