What are your criteria for upvoting/downvoting?

I hate that I always compare Lemmy to Reddit, but Reddit used to have (not sure if they still do) guidelines called “Reddiquette” that included guidelines about upvoting and downvoting. I don’t remember the specifics (and sending too much of my browser traffic to Reddit makes me feel dirty) but one of the guidelines was not to upvote/downvote on the basis of agreement/disagreement with the content.

On Lemmy, I’m honestly a bit lax about upvoting and downvoting at all. (I’m trying to be better about it.) Buy when I do upvote/downvote, I try to do so on the basis of whether the comment/post “adds to” or “subtracts from” the community or conversation. I can disagree with one comment’s take on some subject but still upvote them if they’ve given me a more nuanced perspective on the issue. If they’re just parrotting well-known talking points and not being thoughtful with their posts, I may downvote them evren if I agree with their ultimate stance.

I’m just mostly wondering how folks on Lemmy think about upvotes/downvotes and what implications that has for the content here.

fsxylo,

I never downvote and judge people who do.

It’s lazy fast food self validation that you’re superior to someone at the push of a button, and a big reason social media is shit.

XbSuper,

I like this: upvote

I don’t like this: downvote

killeronthecorner,
@killeronthecorner@lemmy.world avatar

This guy puts his pants on one leg at a time

thelsim,
@thelsim@sh.itjust.works avatar

If you reply to my comment or post, it’s an automatic upvote because I appreciate you for taking the time to interact with me and I will try to reply in return.
If a post or comment is funny, touching, interesting, heartfelt or anything else that makes me appreciate the time and effort you put into this, it’s an upvote.
If you’re only here to argue in bad faith, insult or belittle someone, it’s a downvote. If it’s with me, I will ignore you and not even downvote.

ohlaph,

Obligatory response.

thelsim,
@thelsim@sh.itjust.works avatar

Happy upvote and reply :)

Leviathan,

Upvote me, sempai.

thelsim,
@thelsim@sh.itjust.works avatar

Always :)

snownyte,
@snownyte@kbin.social avatar

I rarely upvote/downvote anything. I've upvoted posts or comments that have actually made me laugh or are very thought provoking.

Downvotes start coming when I think a post is very retarded and/or has wasted my time reading that it gets what it deserves. Oh and repeated posts that aren't structured very well that the poster could've taken some time to word better but you know they're rushing it for validity.

gnuplusmatt,

my instance has downvotes disabled - it allows me to move on with my life. Only upping just seems more zen

shinigamiookamiryuu,

I upvote any reply to anything I say and everything I reply to as a way of remembering where I’ve engaged. The only exceptions are things with clear perspective-lacking malice.

southsamurai,
@southsamurai@sh.itjust.works avatar

Generally, it’s based on appropriateness to the C/, effort, and usefulness.

There are exceptions, though there aren’t any on C/s that I actually use. But there might be eventually, there were on reddit.

If something doesn’t fit the C/, that’s a down vote if I notice it.

If something is horribly low effort, even if it’s in the right place, that’ll be a down vote.

Upvotes, it tends to be because something was appropriate to the C/, and/or someone put some work in. But, even a low effort post/comment can get an up vote if it’s personally useful.

I used to up vote anything and everything that was on topic, but lemmy has gotten busy enough that I tend to only vote at all if I interact with the post in some way. So, like a title that indicates the post isn’t something that will interest me, I just scroll past because there’s just so much stuff now. But, I scroll All, and sort by new by default, so I end up scrolling past stuff that isn’t in my subscription list. If I only scrolled through subscribed stuff, I’d probably end up voting the same amount, but voting on everything I saw, if that makes sense.

backhdlp,
@backhdlp@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Upvote if I find the post good and remember it exists, downvote disabled

Chetzemoka,

I’m pretty liberal with the upvotes. I like to encourage people to participate and an upvote feels like saying “hey I see you and thanks for sharing.” I regularly upvote things I don’t like or don’t agree with, if they are shared in good faith and contribute to the conversation.

Downvotes are for bigots and misinformation/disinformation/lies.

Kolanaki,
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

90% of the time, I just accidentally hit one of the arrows while scrolling on my phone and didn’t notice.

schnurrito,

Upvote: it is the same thing I was going to comment, or it is an extraordinarily good post that stands out from the masses

Downvote: it is objectively wrong or doesn’t add to the discussion at all

Vast majority of everything, I neither upvote nor downvote.

Drusas,

I downvote for people being assholes (trolling, bigotry, ad hominem, etc), spreading misinformation, or making comments which don't add to the conversation ("This.", "This is the way."), and rarely for anything else.

I upvote content that I find interesting, educational, funny, etc. I also upvote people for being polite and willing to admit to being incorrect ("Thanks for the information, I didn't know that", etc).

xia,

“Glad i saw that” -> up-vote, “Wish i didn’t see that” -> down-vote

nix,
@nix@merv.news avatar

Up: more people should read this

Down: less people should have to read this

whileloop,
@whileloop@lemmy.world avatar

“Do you wish there were more content like this?” Upvote.

“Do you wish there were less content like this?” Downvote.

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