703
Boy I was wrong about the Fediverse (matduggan.com)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
173 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

It became the only reliable source of information I had. People posted links with a minimal amount of commentary, picking and choosing the best content from other social media networks. They’re not doing it to “build a brand” because that’s not a thing in the Fediverse. It’s too disjointed to be a place to build a newsletter subscription base.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 13 points 6 months ago (9 children)

PieFed keeps track of how many upvotes and downvotes you give, displays that on your profile and if you downvote too much it takes away your downvote button. That happened to me after a weekend of use. This is Lemmy. There's a lot here that needs downvoting.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 9 child comments
    •
  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    Are you downvoting to disagree or are you downvoting because it’s not contributing to the conversation?

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
    •
  • [–] 12 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    This question shows the inherent flaw with putting any value beyond the function of voting, which is just list ranking.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 3 child comments
    •
  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    As soon as it becomes infeasible to read every comment, downvoting to disagree creates echo chambers and encourages groupthink.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
    •
  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago

    I find the same, though I, and I hope others, use it as an "I agree/this adds to the conversation" button and downvotes exclusively as a "this doesnt add to the conversation or is misinformation" button. I also appreciate seeing the down votes rather than an aggregated score.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • [–] -1 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Here is the full explanation :)

    https://piefed.social/post/2048738#comment_11279843

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 3 child comments
    •
  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

    The full explanation is the same thing. Your context adds nothing.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
    •