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Are votes actually ruining niche communities? (piefed.zip)

submitted 8 months ago by MindfulMaverick@piefed.zip to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Object@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 months ago (1 child)

I don't think any form of rework on voting system would work; everyone has their own criteria, and it won't always make sense to everyone. Preventing upvotes/downvotes would just be a hindrance, and it also opens up a way to manipulate votes to however mods want.

One solution would be to have a community dedicated to discussions so that they have a chance to appear at the top.

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[–] Object@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 months ago

True, but I think that's the best you can get. Lemmy itself isn't very thriving compared to Reddit in the first place. It would have been a lot better if multiple communities could share a post cross-instance, but we don't have that.

Come to think of it, does Lemmy support flares? I think having a flare for niche stuff would help a lot in terms of discoverability without splitting the community.