Maybe I’m oversensitive? We all know our votes here are public record, but to me it seems like weird, obsessive, and unhealthy behavior.

It definitely is a red flag for me to the point where I wonder if I shouldn’t just outright block people who go around making it known it’s something the participate in.

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[–] 24 points 2 months ago (18 children)

You should immediately block everyone who disagrees with you. Then all of your BS will be eternally enabled and you'll never be wrong about anything.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (11 children)

    Legitimately the reason I hesitated to block people I was reporting on reddit.

    Lemmy's public downvoting could be easily gamed.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago (10 children)

    I can't imagine how any of these things could actually matter. Like... ...ever.

    Even a little bit.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    I envy your lack of imagination.

    Let's say 0.5% of users care enough about unreported bots to downvote or report them. If all information is public, you can quickly hide your bot comment or posts from that 0.5% and dodge being detected by the community.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    How do you hide from those 0.5%? Blocking someone stops you seeing them, it doesn't stop them seeing you?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Oh, that's how it works on reddit--you don't see them, they don't see you.

    Blocking is one-way on lemmy?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Yes, to the complaint of many but that's how it currently works.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    Are you saying I should embrace the thing I fear to take away its power?

    Or just just block folks who vocally disagree?

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    You should take an active effort to read the intelligent comments of people who disagree with you. I don't know how you hand downvotes and blocking and so I can't tell if this is a comment that is directly at you to change your ways or if you already are doing this and you are only downvoting/blocking obvious garbage. Too many people, when they see a point of view they disagree with, assume immediately that the other person is stupid and that common is garbage. But that is false. It is, however, a very hard bias to overcome in yourself. Something I struggle with, too.

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