• Katana314@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    My favorite is downvoting both sides of a political discussion when both sides have stopped citing interesting arguments/facts, and have devolved to name calling or some variant of “don’t care”.

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      1 year ago

      It’s not easy posting content as some mods get butt hurt over jokes but all you can do is keep trying I guess?

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    1 year ago

    This is a dumb way to think. You upvote if the content is good or you like it, and you downvoted if it’s bad or you dislike it.

    Upvoting any post means garbage can be pushed to the front page, like this!

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      Maybe, but someone keeps upvoting just because it’s content so every cow is milkable on these fertile lands

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      It was overused the first time it was used. “We are not the same” is such elitist garbage. I can’t believe a meme used for looking down on people and being arrogant has seen such wide use.

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        While I agree that some folk would do anything to see themselves above other people I think you might be missing the irony of the meme

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          Yeah lol it’s almost always ironic-- “You do this thing for some normal reason. I do it for a weird reason that may reveal a salient character flaw.”

          If somebody did use it to actually self-elevate or gatekeep, that would be pretty cringe. But almost all of the usage I see is ironic.

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    1 year ago

    I downvote because “content” is a bullshit word made up by C-suite jackasses to describe a budget line item. I upvote for art I appreciate, questions that are good questions asked in good faith, news and information that are informative. “Content” is only a thing if your job is “gather eyeballs for ad revenue”, a phenomenon which can’t even exist on Lemmy.

  • Candelestine@lemmy.world
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    Just gotta keep re-reminding people from time to time. We get a lot of newcomers still, and probably will for the foreseeable future, so some bad habit bleed-over from other internet spaces is pretty inevitable.