• Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works
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    49 minutes ago

    Idk man, although I agree that people are harsh, there is a downvote system for a reason.

    So in a question community, naturally you upvote questions that are good ones and down vote questions that are bad ones (maybe it’s just a simple google search).

    Having said that though, I agree with the spirit of the meme that people can be dicks.

  • SeventySeven@sh.itjust.works
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    50 minutes ago

    The person who asks a question gets little to no votes despite the answer and discussion not existing at all if it weren’t for someone asking it in the first place. Sometimes it even gets the gears turning in people’s heads to spawn better discussions and questions with certain lines of thinking they otherwise wouldnt. I swear, people these days act like not knowing something trivial is a crime or is the most embarrassing thing in the world lol we need to bring back the “no stupid questions” thing that teachers used to tell students.

    On the flip side, ofc the question can genuinely be bad or is something easily searchable that has a boring topic/answer, but I’m moreso just talking about ones that you’d want different opinions or perspectives on nuanced topics. Too many times I’ve seen people shamed to look stupid for not knowing things that are very specific or is uncommon knowledge that they’d want a genuine explanation of from an actual human being. There’s so many classic Reddit comments like this that wouldn’t have existed if someone didn’t ask shit in the first place lol

    More importantly, I appreciate all the curious people who actually make the effort to post because I’d rather them do that than to simply ask an LLM tbh… I know redditors are infamous for being toxic and condescending to feel superior about their intelligence (and I can totally understand why someone would rather not get roasted on Reddit lmao) but I’d rather endure all of that so I can hold onto last remaining bits of genuine human interaction that’s left on the Internet before I ever resort to asking an LLM. Every website will be overrun with bots soon enough and truly nothing will be real. Talking to people on Lemmy makes me feel like I’m back on the old internet browsing forums and message boards in the 90s/2000s again. It’s the only place that isn’t enshitified to make money in every single aspect. I’d rather keep it like this.

    • Pika@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      5 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
      3·
      3 hours 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.