Hello,

Still pretty new to Lemmy. Came from the Reddit blackout. The instance my account is with(?) seems to have a rule or setting that prevents us from seeing downvotes.

Is there a way to change this for myself?

  • russjr08@outpost.zeuslink.netEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    There’s not a way to change it on an individual level.

    As far as I’m aware / heard, when an instance has it disabled, it doesn’t even store information (or process) downvotes, so even if you could override it (such as by using a third party client) there’d be nothing to view.

    I could be wrong though, might be worth trying some of the mobile apps to see if it displays it, just to confirm. For desktop, there’s also Photon.

    • dan@upvote.auEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      For desktop, there’s also Photon.

      Alexandrite is also a good choice.

      They’re not just for desktop. Both work well on mobile too. They’re just alternative web UIs. A good web UI with PWA support mostly negates the need to have a native app.

      • russjr08@outpost.zeuslink.netEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        You are right, apologies I should’ve been more specific about that! When I wrote the original comment, I was on mobile and had brought up the bookmark and was like “Oh damn, Photon looks great on mobile!” 😅

        • dan@upvote.auEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          :)

          I have “install Alexandrite” on my todo list but I might try Photon too. I didn’t know about it until seeing your comment. I have my own Lemmy server so I’d install it on my server.