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[-] zlatiah@kbin.social 19 points 1 year ago

... wait am I the only one who conscientiously not want to upvote my own posts because of that?

[-] minnieo@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago

it not being there by default does make you feel a little hesitant and facebook-grandma-like when you do, but i stopped caring lol

[-] asteroidrainfall@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

Iā€™m just honest with myself. I like what I post, so I like my post!

[-] Upvotes_Kills_Birds@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

it's the most self assuring mindset for sure šŸ˜

[-] Entropywins@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Hmmm so that's why I downvote myself...honesty

[-] gk99@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

I grew up browsing the Facepunch forums, where self-rating posts was also possible and public at least at one point in time.

To be blunt, it kinda just made everyone who did it look like a tool and they got hella made fun of. So no, you're not the only one, I avoid upvoting my own stuff like the plague.

[-] minnieo@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

good thing people here arent that rude and judgemental (as far as ive seen)

[-] TinyPizza@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Pop your head in over at m/politics. Rude and judgemental as far as the eye can see...

[-] jsh@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago

Me when I do that on every platform and have always done it.

[-] HubertManne@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

Honestly you should either not be able to upvote or boost; or it should just be done automatically. I never think to do stuff like that.

[-] minnieo@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

maybe, in any case its not such a big deal for now. ernest and his team are very busy with more serious matters, so im sure they will sort that later if need be. auto boosting wouldnt make much sense tho, since its like a retweet. i know we do it now for reputation, but when the reputation is fixed it wont need to be used for that

[-] Guadin@k.fe.derate.me 7 points 1 year ago
[-] minnieo@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

im not alone! nice C:

[-] CIWS-30@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

For me it's more like: me upvoting my old comment because I forgot I wrote it because I think "Hey, this guy's being reasonable and not yelling at people and stated both positives and negatives about a subject while trying to present a balanced view."

Then a few seconds later, looking at the username and realizing, "Oh hey... that was me."

Alternatively: "This was useful advice and solved my hardware problem, upvote" and then realizing it was also me, but I'd forgotten that I once knew the solution to that hardware (or software) problem.

Edit: although to be fair, in both of these circumstances (particularly the second) I'm talking about the entire internet in general rather than kbin / lemmy.

[-] n1ckn4m3@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Just makes me think of giving myself a high five. But I still do it :D

[-] kuontom@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

Upvotes don't affect reputation (yet) so I feel there is no foul in self-upvoting. It just slightly improves visibility of the content in the 'hot' section when freshly posted.

[-] minnieo@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

i dont think there is a foul even if it did, did self upvoting on reddit even affect karma anyway? it's just a fun little personal thing for me lol harmless

[-] OonTaaKissa@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

I upvote my own stuff because on reddit something having 0 upvotes means someone downvoted it, so i associate having 0 points as "bad" even though that doesn't make sense here because downvotes are shown separately :D force of habit

[-] minnieo@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

i actually love that downvotes are shown separately and i hope that never changes. on reddit, i grew accustomed to glancing at the rating and allowing it to determine my opinion of the comment, whether subconsciously or not, which is wrong and usually unfair due to mass downvoting (1 downvote brings an onslaught of downvotes). on kbin though, the fact that they are separated changes how i perceive comments a lot, i view them way more neutrally and hardly pay attention to the score. nice change of pace

[-] artillect@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Reddit allowed you to see the exact number of upvotes and downvotes until 2014, and it had a similar effect to how it is over here. It feels great to have them back!

[-] Ada@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

@minnieo I think the real question is how many people actually check who upvoted what?

[-] minnieo@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

thats part of why i stopped caring, no one really looks haha

[-] Entropywins@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I've yet to see you upvote your comments... I expect you'll pump those numbers up!!!

[-] Saturdaycat@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

I'm in this picture too

[-] LollerCorleone@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Go ahead and give yourself a little boost too! You deserve it! (ā˜žļ¾Ÿćƒ®ļ¾Ÿ)ā˜ž

[-] Osvaldoilustrador@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Lmaooo so truee xD

Am I missing something? Using Jerboa I am unable to find any feature letting me see who upvoted a post or comment.

[-] minnieo@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

its a kbin thing i think

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