Every comment in this post got 1 downvote for literally no reason. Like… it’s a post about cats, nothing controversial at all. Do people just go around downvoting every post? Why?
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It’s a hangover from Reddit culture. People think that the ALL page should be curated for them, not realising that it’s for everyone and that downvotes are for wrong content, not what they consider bad content in respects to their personal taste.
A downvote isn’t “I don’t think this should be here”. It’s just “I don’t like this”, don’t agree, thing it’s bad/wrong, whatever. Up/downvote systems work under the process of the wisdom of the crowd, and as a result, works under the assumption that while the ways in which people use these tools and the reasons may be different, having a simply up/downvote system means they’ll average out into something more useful. It doesn’t work all the time of course, but it does work generally.
People just found it not unfunny or distasteful. This post is getting downvoted because it comes off as whiney and annoying.
Why are you upset over fake internet points?
No points here, only crowd voting based sorting.
I’ve seen this in some communities. It’s hard for me to believe that someone doesn’t know they can just block a community they don’t appreciate. So the next logical conclusion to me is that it’s petty protest, or a weak attempt at vote manipulation.
@WtfEvenIsExistence No worries, they are from trade-based ads-socials. The trade based media, build in them that habit. Try to atack their environment to help them get rid of this addiction.
