What is your up- & downvote behaviour?

[some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org]

I upvote things that I think are interesting, things that make me laugh, and questions where people are seeking feedback. I almost never downvote unless something is hideously stupid / bad info or bad take.

[isyasad@lemmy.world]

I don't have strict standards, but generally:

• usually upvote someone who responds to me with something substantial, even if I disagree
• downvote things that are antisocial (self-hate/self-harm, antinatalism, misanthropy)

[henfredemars@infosec.pub]

It's always going to be a subjective process. The difference is I try to base it on effort and value for time. I'm not a computer but I can influence what I value. I can appreciate a good argument or an opinion I don't like. I'm not perfect, but I think I can strive for that.

If that feels like the same thing as approval, then I perhaps a moment of self-reflection on whether things can have value that one dislikes is in order. I hope Lemmy won't become more of an echo chamber than it already is.

[junkthief@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

My account is on an instance that doesn’t implement downvotes, which I wasn’t sure about at first, but have grown to like. For me, it’s either worth an upvote, worth commenting on, or I just move on. It has changed how I engage with Lemmy a bit.

[throwawaypermanente@sh.itjust.works]

Report - Double downvote with this one weird old trick. Mods hate him!

[eighteenthnerd@lemmy.world]

I ignore communities, posts, and comments that have no real thought behind them. This includes those that are just "educated" repetitions of culture-mantras, no matter what "side" or whatever they are on. Unfortunately, this is most of the internet these days.

Because I appreciate thought, I upvote comments that someone activated some brain cells to write. I also upvote those that make me think, teach me something new, or just make me laugh.

I downvote comments that are mean, aggressive, or otherwise demeaning to the person they are replying to - whether that person was me or someone else.

[mydarkesttimeline01@ani.social]

Upvote: I'd like to see/read more of this.
Downvote: I'd like to see/read less of this.

[zwuzelmaus@feddit.org]

I see the point you are making,

Just when I tried so hard not to make one...

[nemo@slrpnk.net]

Up:

• interesting posts that are on-topic for the muni

• posts in any community that have spawned interesting comments

• comments that are cogent or thoughtful replies

• comments that are funny jokes

• comments that explore a perspective I've never seen before

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down:

• complaining about downvotes

• posts that are rule-breaking or off-topic for the community

• posts or comments with slurs, including misogynistic slurs

• misinformation, disinformation, and unfunny trolling

• advocacy for antisocial or unethical behavior (NB: illegal is isn't disqualifying)

• incivility, over-the-top hostility, and petty bickering

• rhetorical sins like sealioning, the gish gallop, begging the question, and so on

• posts linking to videos that don't provide a text summary

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downvote and report:

• hate speech

• wishing harm or self-harm

• spam

[nebulaone@lemmy.world]

Ja scheiße, mein Fehler. Ich bin halt fest davon ausgegangen, dass das Satire war, weil es sich genau so gelesen hat.

[nebulaone@lemmy.world]

Had to look up these rhetorical sins and learned something new today, thanks.

[magicshel@lemmy.zip]

Upvote:

• comment was helpful, insightful, humorous, or provoked good conversation
• reply to me that I agree with, appreciate, or disagrees with me in a respectful or thought-provoking way

Downvote:

• unprovoked user demonstrates a hostile, combative attitude
• comment unrelated to topic/thread

Block:

• I recognize user based on downvote behavior in multiple threads or user is particularly egregious in particular: bigotry, demagoguery, sea-lioning, or other deliberate offensiveness.

[tuckerm@feddit.online]

I downvote if it looks like they are posting in bad faith. I'll upvote some comments that I disagree with if the poster was trying to contribute to the conversation -- I usually do that to offset the fact that they've been downvoted a bunch already.

Many of the communities I'm in are fairly small, so I upvote almost every comment that I read. I figure it lets someone know that someone else read what they wrote, and I think that's what a lot of us are here for.

[smoothliquidation@lemmy.world]

I did this with all the stupid moth memes. I want to see less of this so I downvoted them all. (Along with blocking a few communities)

[bledley@lemmy.world]

• Upvote - good point/interesting/funny/agree/posts I like to see
• Downvote - strongly disagree/inappropriate/poor comment/posts I don't like to see

[olafurp@lemmy.world]

Upvote stuff I like such as positive news, shitposts, windows bad and Linux good posts.

Downvote rarely, only if the post is factually wrong or misleading and I've spent the time to confirm. "Person shreds other person" is a shit headline and unless he hit a 10 point debate combo with a knockout I'd Downvote.

[ledericas@lemm.ee]

Downvotes for spammers, spreading misinformation disinformation and propaganda, know it all comments which starts with" by the way or actually,,etc" in a condescending manner. Also for people targeting one person specifically and trying to to make a offensive sarcastic joke in a way so they don't get banned.

[ofiuco@piefed.ca]

I only upvote if something is actually worth upvoting, which basically depends on my mood. I rarely upvote.
I downvote low-effort, some reposts, posting things on comms where they don't really fit (or they are forcing it to fit, like posting social media screenshots in any of the many memes comms), opinion pieces posted as news, misinformation/propaganda about my country, clickbait... I downvote a lot.
The rest I just read or check and keep moving, I don't believe in upvoting everything just to make comms feel alive.

[kolanaki@pawb.social]

inciting violence, no matter against whom (people seem to forget this is a straight up crime, sometimes a felony)

Just gonna repeat what I said about this in another thread about this:

It is illegal only if it is reasonably going to trigger or calls for any immediate lawlessness. Like straight up trying to get a bunch of people together to knock-over a convenience store or actually organizing a murder.

Saying “man, I wish this evil son of a bitch took a round in the face” is not such a time.

[penguin202124@sh.itjust.works]

Upvote if I think it's high effort, no-vote for most, downvote if wrong or it's misleading.