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Lemmings, how do you use updoots and downvotes? (lemm.ee)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Upvote:

I really like what they said
It feels like "this needs to be seen by more people (or by OP)"
It's useful and accurate info relevant to the OP
It's basically the comment I was going to write
The comment replies to me, engaging in positive discussion

Downvote:

It's completely irrelevant or inaccurate to the topic at hand
The comment is needlessly aggressive, especially towards another commenter
Too many typos, spelling mistakes, emojis, or grammatical errors
The comment is solely a link to an image
It's a duplicate comment (I'll usually upvote the one with the most upvotes to counteract this one)
It's useless (e.g. "This")

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Too many typos, spelling mistakes, emojis, or grammatical errors

Got it, no writing like a senator on Twitter. Or X, or whatever.