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is there a way for 3rd party clients to know whether it's disabled, can the info be fetched via the api?
i'm pretty sure there is since i know eternity for lemmy doesn't show me the downvote button when i'm logged in.
(i believe it's: https://join-lemmy.org/api/interfaces/LocalSite.html#enable_downvotes)
Is your instance actually removing them or is it just hidden in the css?
it removes it altogether. its a lemmy option.
That's cool
Would be great if it had a general prohibition symbol over it, instead of being removed.
i think an option would be nice but the problem is that it's just wasted space in my case because it's not necessary on my instance.
this is what it looks like in the ui on my instance:
(not meaning to argue; just explaining! :))
Ah, I see. I didn't realize those instances actually blocked down votes for posts in other instances as well.
yeah it still works like i think other instances can downvote people on instances with it disabled; it just won't be shown to the people on those instances (it never goes below 1)
Good way to get bad content, honestly, bit of a shame to see that from blahaj
don't understand what you mean? the content is the same as any other lemmy instance that federates? it doesn't stop inter instance federation. it's an instance primarily marginalised people that don't care about downvoting.
It inhibits your instance from filtering content at all, and prevents your instance-native content from self filtering before reaching larger feeds.
It also demolishes your ability to natively deal with problem comments without mod or admin intervention, which adds more work to moderation while also making power mods more powerful.
Lemmy is aping the reddit design, which has downvotes built into how the design inherently filters content. Removing the user driven content filter without redesigning the way the site works usually just makes problems. Like if mastodon removed retweets, or something.
The analogy isnt perfect, but its like a go cart without breaks. Normally, anyone can tap the gas or break pedal once each, to speed up or slow down a post or comment. A shitty go cart (both shit as in poor quality and shit as in bad/bigoted/counter community) gets its break slammed by multiple people, and stops in its tracks. Great stuff gets the gas slammed and flies forward.
But without the break, users cant slow anything down, just hope no one else speeds it up or that it gets pulled from the track. This makes brigades easier, absent mods more noticable, and bad faith mods harder to push back against from the community.
These issues only really metasticize if a larger percent of instances block downvotes. But it will hamper content coming out of bahaj if the instance population starts to really grow.
This is only true if you consider popularity to be the end-all determinant of quality content. Plenty of shit gets downvoted solely because people disagree with it.
The reddit design is that popularity is the end all determinant of quality content. If you didnt want that, you shouldnt be using a reddit clone.
Thats why there are subreddits, that you can make whenever you like. So you can make a little pocket for the people who agree with your content.
Obviously things get downvoted because people disagree with it, that is how it was designed to work. That is the function of this type of social media. The quality is inherently tied to if it is something the community agrees with.
This complaint makes genuinely no sense. People upvote things they agree with, and downvote what they dont. Acting like thats some big shock is insane. Acting like thats some evil hidden use of downvotes means you dont understand the website youre posting on.
If you didnt want that, you shouldnt be using a reddit clone.
Yeah, because things like the formatting of content and general site navigation are entirely irrelevant.
Lemmy is a federated reddit clone dude, its not just the front page format
I know what lemmy is you dumbass.
Do you? Because your comment about formatting implies you dont.
If all I like about a car is its color and the seat upholstery I dont go and copy its engine.
Yeah, fuck off you stupid rat
Yeah, I see why you dont like downvotes