If I could state something, although I myself am not using Lemmy (but am I suppose Lemmy adjacent!?) I would love for these little reddit arrows to disappear. Because I think they are of a Pavlovian nature. I dislike any of these buttons you click to express something without really saying anything. Like buttons, etc. I once, many moons ago, had a forum. The most recently responded content floated to the top. That’s how the forum dictated visibility. There were no Facebook-esq like buttons or anything. It was just people talking with other people. I liked that a lot more. I think these things aren’t healthy for people in general. I believe this experience could be free of all that hullabaloo, but I believe I might be in the minority when I say this. But I think it creates a more authentic and humanistic experience because in reality nobody walks around just saying “I LIKE THAT SHIT! YEAH, SUPER GOOD!” And when we compliment people it’s an act of kindness and I don’t think it should come in the form of some push-button action. But yet again, I know this isn’t really how things work nowadays. I just wish it were, because in a way I think it’d make social media so much healthier and a lot more even-keel and a lot less of a “popularity contest.” Which it really shouldn’t be in the first place, because it is all about sharing the human experience with others.
If I could state something, although I myself am not using Lemmy (but am I suppose Lemmy adjacent!?) I would love for these little reddit arrows to disappear. Because I think they are of a Pavlovian nature. I dislike any of these buttons you click to express something without really saying anything. Like buttons, etc. I once, many moons ago, had a forum. The most recently responded content floated to the top. That’s how the forum dictated visibility. There were no Facebook-esq like buttons or anything. It was just people talking with other people. I liked that a lot more. I think these things aren’t healthy for people in general. I believe this experience could be free of all that hullabaloo, but I believe I might be in the minority when I say this. But I think it creates a more authentic and humanistic experience because in reality nobody walks around just saying “I LIKE THAT SHIT! YEAH, SUPER GOOD!” And when we compliment people it’s an act of kindness and I don’t think it should come in the form of some push-button action. But yet again, I know this isn’t really how things work nowadays. I just wish it were, because in a way I think it’d make social media so much healthier and a lot more even-keel and a lot less of a “popularity contest.” Which it really shouldn’t be in the first place, because it is all about sharing the human experience with others.