I saw that setting and switched it off, and now reading through others’ and my own comments is like walking on clouds. It’s great!

Should this be the default and make everyone’s lives here a tiny bit better?

    • fosforus@sopuli.xyzOP
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      7
      arrow-down
      8
      ·
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      You don’t have to see the scores of peoples’ comments. It’s awesome! But perhaps you don’t derive anxiety from those numbers, lucky you if so.

      I guess I’m looking for verification if I’m in the majority or minority here.

      • Kalash@feddit.ch
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        24
        ·
        1 year ago

        I think it adds rather important context and allows you to “read the room” so to speak.

      • Digital Mark@lemmy.ml
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        8
        ·
        1 year ago

        If you’re looking for validation, then probably you want numbers on anyway!

        (I leave them on, but don’t seek validation. I’m just around to talk and/or fight.)

      • ekky43@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        4
        ·
        edit-2
        1 year ago

        Tried mastadon before moving to Lemmy. I ended up leaving mastadon as I didn’t find that the voting system allowed me to not only read the individual, but also the mass. Lemmy does this much better.

        But I do feel that the lack of karma is nice, no reason to be dragged down by your previous bad decisions, or masses who don’t understand your humor.

        Oh, and I guess it’s nice that one can turn off the votes if they don’t like them. It makes for a better experience for a broader set of people. But I feel that turning off the comments votes (derp) by default, or perhaps disabling them entirely, would turn Lemmy into nothing more than a glorified RSS feed - which isn’t exactly bad, but not the reason I’m here.

      • Mane25@feddit.uk
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        3
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        1 year ago

        Yeah, I think I might turn it off as well, it makes things a bit like a shouting match.

        • fosforus@sopuli.xyzOP
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          edit-2
          1 year ago

          Yeah, I mean this might my personal deficiency that other people don’t have… but if I see a comment I disagree with and then I see that it has been upmodded heavily, I get a greatly increased urgency to shit on that comment to make people see how wrong it is. Totally toxic and encouraged by the scoring system.

          • dystop@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            6
            ·
            1 year ago

            Yeah, I mean this might my personal deficiency that other people don’t have… but if I see a comment I disagree with and then I see that it has been upmodded heavily, I get a greatly increased urgency to shit on that comment to make people see how wrong it is. Totally toxic and encouraged by the scoring system.

            As with anything, this is intended behavior but perhaps taken too far by some people.

            A points system is the best way to get a sense of what other people think, and whether your views are generally accepted. When you’re in a social setting, you can tell from nonverbal clues (e.g. if you start saying something and people frown/inch away, you know they don’t agree). This is valuable.

            When you see something upvoted highly that you don’t agree with, OR something downvoted highly that you agree with, it could be one of two scenarios:

            A. You’re right, but people generally have misconceptions about the issue.

            B. You have a controversial take on the issue.

            It’s not always clear which of these it is. That’s why a lot of internet yelling matches devolve into some variation of “downvoted for truth” or “downvote all you want, facts are facts and you’re just blind” - people think it’s B, the person arguing thinks it’s A.

            To combat this, you need the following:

            1. Reasoning and critical thinking skills are important. At the most basic, learn to distinguish fact from opinion, but also learn to understand an argument.

            2. Be humble. Don’t approach it from a “I must win this argument” mentality - try and understand why they’re thinking that way.

            3. Pick your battles. Sometimes you just have to disagree and walk away. Nobody is going to give you a prize for making the last comment in an argument.

            Of course, it’s easier to just not look at the numbers. But then why not just… not use lemmy/reddit/internet forums? If this isn’t giving you any pleasure, why read/comment at all?

            • fosforus@sopuli.xyzOP
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              1
              ·
              1 year ago

              If this isn’t giving you any pleasure, why read/comment at all?

              I’m getting pleasure (or something) from the discussion, not from the numbers. I’m getting anxiety and toxicity from the numbers. And I’m not claiming that everyone else is or should be like me in this or most other ways.

          • Chozo@kbin.social
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            3
            ·
            edit-2
            1 year ago

            For what it’s worth, the scores are rarely accurate, anyway, as not all instances sync scores with 100% accuracy, if they even sync them at all. Some instances don’t allow or even calculate downvotes. Your score can vary wildly from instance to instance.

            It’s actually kinda funny to open up your comments in multiple instances to see what your scores are across communities. I’ve noticed that I’ll get heavily downvoted on some instances, but will see highly positive scores on the same comment from my “home” instance.

          • Mane25@feddit.uk
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            2
            arrow-down
            1
            ·
            1 year ago

            Yes, it definitely encourages toxicity, and a kind of herd mentality as well.