The fediverse is discussing if we should defederate from Meta’s new Threads app. Here’s why I probably won’t (for now).
(Federation between plume and my lemmy instance doesn’t work correctly at the moment, otherwise I would have made this a proper crosspost)
I guess there are different opinions about what downvotes are for. Personally I think they shouldn’t reflect if something matches my opinion but if it’s worth reading. For me, a downvote says “this is badly written”, “this is rude” or in general “this shouldn’t be on people’s front page”. I will gladly upvote a post/comment that contradicts my personal belief if the author put effort into it.
Completely share your view and practice. Seems are in a minority. I mean, let’s take your comment right here. it’s your point of view, there’s nothing wrong or insulting about it, it’s well articulated, it’s thought-provoking. And a bunch of people downvote it. So that less people will see it. Apparently that makes them feel better. It’s a pretty pretty sad reflection on humanity, I find.
