Why are they disallowed? And more importantly, why is this not transparent in the pinned post about Lemmy.one as a rule?

I was blindsided by this when I saw another user mention it, and while I enjoy Lemmy.one very much, I’m considering moving on because of this. I rarely, very rarely, down-vote, but at times it’s handy to push down misinformation or adverse content.

It feels a bit too much like YouTube and the removal of the dislike button to me. What are other’s thoughts?

  • heartlessevil@lemmy.oneEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Downvotes are strictly unnecessary. If you see something that breaks the rules you can report it. (I imagine that covers “adverse content.”) If you want to downrank something, just upvote something that’s better than it. That has the exact same effect as a downvote.

    • Random_Character_A@lemmy.oneEnglish
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      1 year ago

      In Reddit only time I downvoted was when somebody was clearly trolling and trying to get a reaction.

      Btw. In Reddit I witnessed couple of times suspiciously quick downvote influxes in political discussions. Could bot accounts be used to achieve this, to bury opposing arguments with ton of downvotes?