I used multiple social media platforms and I can say in medium confidence that downvotes are almost useless to see for users.

They are made to influence the algorithm and that’s it, if you are really bothered by them it’s because you saw something you were never intended to see.

Reddit try to communicate this by showing you only one number for the total score and they are trying to not show you if your post score became in negative.

Matter of fact, I personally find downvotes pretty refreshing for me because I expect to hear something I don’t know or a passionate criticism on my opinions or posts.

I think what could discourage me from posting is the lack of comments, not the downvotes.

Note: If you are really bothered about downvotes, you can disable showing down votes on the web client and in the mobile clients by changing that option in the settings.

Downvote if you agree.

  • sunzu2
    0•1 month ago

    You can get ignore other peasant opinion to some degree.

    You can’t ignore the opinion of the owner class or their regime whores as they will impose it upon you at the barrel of a gun if needed.

    I agree with the sentiment thought normies worry too much about what “Joneses” think which owners love it use to market slop to them.