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minus-squareSaik0@lemmy.saik0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoSo what value does the up/downvote on this platform have? Enlighten the rest of us.
minus-squarebarsoap@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoTheir value lies in their meaning which is telling everyone how much something got upvoted or downvoted. Really, it’s a simple concept.
minus-squarebarsoap@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIn the same sense that a smile and a frown have no value, possibly. But that’s rather nihilist.
minus-squareSaik0@lemmy.saik0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoWhen smiles and frowns can be manipulated via bots … I’ll agree… but until then, especially on instances that believe communism works, they’re beyond useless. Hell many instances disable downvotes so those people can’t downvote anyway.
So what value does the up/downvote on this platform have? Enlighten the rest of us.
Their value lies in their meaning which is telling everyone how much something got upvoted or downvoted.
Really, it’s a simple concept.
So no value at all then…
In the same sense that a smile and a frown have no value, possibly. But that’s rather nihilist.
When smiles and frowns can be manipulated via bots … I’ll agree… but until then, especially on instances that believe communism works, they’re beyond useless. Hell many instances disable downvotes so those people can’t downvote anyway.