“It was a nail-biter up to the very last minute… it wasn’t until 11:30 p.m. that I was like, oh my gosh, we really are going to make it.”
    • Emmie@lemm.ee
      1·
      7 months ago

      Well same mechanisms work here as on reddit. If something has -1 points it will just start to accumulate more negative points because of the brain shortcuts and probability

      That’s why I have them turned off to not influence my judgment if the comment is interesting or not while still benefitting from upvoting posts for visibility

      The only con is that I don’t see my scores which is a double edged sword because some may upvote/downvote and move on instead of discussing but that is also true with scores.

      I am only here for valuable discussion really. Getting validation from points stopped being fun a while ago. I could just stick to hacker news I guess and maybe I should

      • SupraMario@lemmy.world
        2·
        7 months ago

        Great way to look at it. The vote system is terrible, as you’re absolutely right, so many people will just keep down voting a comment to pile on and not even read anything.

        • Emmie@lemm.ee
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          7 months ago

          Thanks, vote system has pros and cons but I am soo tired of the cons.

          • ivy@lemmy.ml
            2·
            7 months ago

            Hey sorry to profile stalk just didn’t understad your last reply. Unrelated: You should try microblogging! Twitter format is okay with big char limits and all right wingers banned! I can recommend some instances 🥺

            • Emmie@lemm.ee
              2·
              7 months ago

              Yes please, always nice to find new little internet places