• Pika@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      3 hours ago

      Yeah, for real. I don’t think this is a Reddit exclusive thing.

      The Hive Mind is a scary thing, and while I definitely think that Reddit is one of the worst offenders of it, it’s present on any social media platform with the ability to downvote and also shows the downvote.

      Thankfully on Lemmy, most of the major UIs give you the ability to hide down votes in general. I think Photon is the only one I’ve found so far that doesn’t have the ability to hide downvotes, which sucks because it’s also the best UI(imo) that I’ve found so far.

    • daannii@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 hour ago

      It does seem less though.

      Like for instance I recently posted a project im working on. Electronic and program project board. (Raspberry pi project).

      And I really am a novice, trying to figure things out.

      AND. I posted a video explaining the project with drawings and such. So it was obvious I’m a woman.

      And guess what? I actually got a few upvotes and a few helpful comments.

      No one called me a dumb bitch. No one told me to fuck off.

      My post didn’t get downvoted into oblivion because I’m a newb. Or God forbid, a woman doing computer things. Which is forbidden because misogyny.

      It was quite refreshing and unexpected.