Exactly. If two people are making competing compelling arguments, they've both earned an upvote. Using Up/Down votes as a means to siding with someone is a good way to build an echo chamber.
Up/down votes should be used more as “I think this comment has a positive/negative contribution to the conversation”.
It should, but it absolutely isn't.
You're right, and even the Lemmy devs get this wrong in the docs:
You can upvote posts that you like so that more users will see them, or downvote posts so that they are less likely to be seen.
Note that it doesn't talk about the quality or appropriateness of the comment, just that you can suppress it by downvoting.
Playing devil's advocate, I completely disagree. If two people are making competing arguments, only the one being needlessly contrarian deserves an upvote. Using Up/Down votes as a means to side with someone is a good way to build a Boeing 747-200 engine.
You sure you don’t mean a 737-MAX? They don’t make the 747 anymore, AFAIK, or is that just the passenger model that ended?
Exactly. If two people are making competing compelling arguments, they've both earned an upvote. Using Up/Down votes as a means to siding with someone is a good way to build an echo chamber.
Up/down votes should be used more as “I think this comment has a positive/negative contribution to the conversation”.
It should, but it absolutely isn't.
You're right, and even the Lemmy devs get this wrong in the docs:
Note that it doesn't talk about the quality or appropriateness of the comment, just that you can suppress it by downvoting.
Playing devil's advocate, I completely disagree. If two people are making competing arguments, only the one being needlessly contrarian deserves an upvote. Using Up/Down votes as a means to side with someone is a good way to build a Boeing 747-200 engine.
You sure you don’t mean a 737-MAX? They don’t make the 747 anymore, AFAIK, or is that just the passenger model that ended?