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We floated the idea 6 months ago people hated it

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I think downvotes generally function as a way to silence people. It’s been a huge problem on Reddit where hivemind dominates and reinforces bias. Besides if there’s any algorithmic sorting, more likes vs fewer already offers the same metric

hey, how come? negativity?

my thinking: downvotes are a scalable way to enforce cultural norms as oppose to algorithmic 'less like this' approaches. With downvotes, others can see downvoted posts and self moderate.