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minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoIf I give any kind of opinion I can understand downvotes on a comment of mine, but the totally innocuous ones that get downvoted are always funny.
minus-squareXanis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoMy favorite random downvotes on Reddit were the threads where for some damned reason a single reply that often said the same thing as the others, or continued some chain, would get absolutely obliterated.
minus-squareKillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoi think it’s just herd mentality. People see downvotes and then go “yeah downvote bad, me grug, me downvote comment also” the amount of posts i saw about some negative thing that had comments that were like “i almost downvoted this” was concerning.
minus-squareAdrianTheFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoOften there are multiple ways to interpret a poster’s intentions, and if you see a heavily downvoted comment you will automatically assume the worst.
minus-squareZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoI have made some bold political takes and gotten burned. But I have also mentioned I could afford to buy a case of beer coming home from work 15 years ago, and likewise been burned.
minus-squareMatch!!@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoThe fool! He has fallen for the oldest trap there is
If I give any kind of opinion I can understand downvotes on a comment of mine, but the totally innocuous ones that get downvoted are always funny.
My favorite random downvotes on Reddit were the threads where for some damned reason a single reply that often said the same thing as the others, or continued some chain, would get absolutely obliterated.
i think it’s just herd mentality. People see downvotes and then go “yeah downvote bad, me grug, me downvote comment also”
the amount of posts i saw about some negative thing that had comments that were like “i almost downvoted this” was concerning.
Often there are multiple ways to interpret a poster’s intentions, and if you see a heavily downvoted comment you will automatically assume the worst.
I have made some bold political takes and gotten burned.
But I have also mentioned I could afford to buy a case of beer coming home from work 15 years ago, and likewise been burned.
This fuckin guy
The fool! He has fallen for the oldest trap there is