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Blahaj Lemmy Users - Downvote question (self.main)
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My wonderful co-admin @supakaity@lemmy.blahaj.zone has made a modification to the downvote system. It's not currently enabled, but if we were to turn it on, downvotes would be available for use, but they would weigh 5 times less than an upvote.

Which is to say, it would take 5 downvotes to counter an upvote. This would let downvotes have an impact on what appears in the hot topics sort, but hopefully mitigate some of the more negative impacts of downvoting.

Are there any strong objections from Blahaj Lemmy users to enabling downvotes with this modification?

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[-] Sekoia 11 points 2 years ago

So, looking at the Lemmy code it seems pretty straightforward (like, really straightforward. There's two checks, one for comments and one for posts, so just make them use different functions). I can try doing it, maybe even propose it as a PR upstream. Might take me a day or two for a PR though.

[-] jdp23 3 points 2 years ago

If it’s straightforward, I’d Very much support this!

[-] Lanthanae 2 points 2 years ago

If you don't end up making the PR I'm down to go check it out. If you do make the PR, link it so I can go give my support for it lol.

[-] Sekoia 3 points 2 years ago

https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/3063 it got denied, and it's incomplete, but if you want to base yourself off of this I'm all for it.

[-] Lanthanae 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Ah that's a shame, although I understand where they're coming from being wary of complicating settings for the front-end. Either way I'll look into it a bit when I can get to my PC and see if there's still any hope for it lol.

Regardless of what happens with it, I appreciate you making the PR!

this post was submitted on 13 Jun 2023
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