genuinely helpful and honestly meaningful (especially if you’re going to invest any level of your mental health in posts (which i don’t recommend but is natural if you try to post what’s on your mind)) being able to see like, oh even if 20 people downvoted me, 7 people agreed with me, i have seven fighters. it’s so much better to see that and get a fuller picture of how your comment was received.
i remember seeing reddit make that change out of nowhere for no reason and thinking…jesus, this is the beginning of the end
That was the idea, until Reddit realised the potential of manipulating vote counts for their own benefit.
also true, but that’s a whooooole other load of spezshit1.
[1] spezshit-- bullshit, but from spez