I think I’ve settled on the latter. Disagreement is maybe best communicated by the absence of an upvote? And downvotes work best when they signal something that is just off base, and while not reportable, is not appreciated at a broad cultural level.

  • Socialphilosopher
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    161 year ago

    If I want an article to be read by others, I give an upvote. I’ll downvote if I don’t want it. It has nothing to do with my side of the idea or the event. For example, a rape news was shared. My upvoting does not mean that I support the incident, it just means that it will come to the fore so others can see it.

    • effingjoe
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      101 year ago

      Upvotes mean “people should see this”. Downvotes mean “there is no reason for anyone to see this”.

      • @[email protected]
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        Yep. I’ll up vote news of a hate crime or something, but downvote things that are directly hateful.

        Context always matters and a lot of the big sites fail to understand the difference between talking about things like racism, sexism, homophobia, and transphobia and somone being those things.