327 upvotes, 13 direct replies (showing 13)
View submission: Reddit Recap 2021
They did delete the upvote/downvote counter a few years back, don't be fooled. Here is what a post used to look like a few years ago.[1]
1: https://i.imgur.com/rMbhr.png
I really hope they go back on this decision. The site used to feel a lot more active because of it.
Comment by adminsRvirgin_losers at 08/12/2021 at 14:38 UTC
164 upvotes, 2 direct replies
I really hope they go back on this decision.
last time I saw hope wasted so poorly, it was related to beanie babies
Comment by Matix777 at 08/12/2021 at 14:47 UTC
26 upvotes, 3 direct replies
There is % up voted on desktop I guess but that doesn't do lot
Comment by -cyber-vegan- at 08/12/2021 at 15:07 UTC
42 upvotes, 2 direct replies
A few years ago? This was almost a decade ago
Comment by MirandaS2 at 08/12/2021 at 15:15 UTC
2 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Woah this is kinda cool, I miss it even though I never got to see it.
Comment by Ownsin at 08/12/2021 at 15:03 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
They need to bring back the dislikes. This was the worst decision Reddit made when they removed them.
Comment by Why-so-delirious at 08/12/2021 at 16:06 UTC
1 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I still remember notreddit.top.
when you could CLEARLY see the astroturfing in action. Right around the end of 2016, when Hillary Clinton started a run on the presidency and all of a sudden, every single post showing Hillary in a negative light suddenly started getting thousands of downvotes! And 80% of every single most downvoted post on the entirety of reddit came from one ostensibly 'neutral' subreddit that started showing a hyper political leaning!
Seriously, a post in /r/linux asking 'why is Linux so fucking awful?' only managed to get the fourth most-downvoted spot for that 24-hour period!
Maybe that's why upvote/downvote counts got turned off?
Comment by Malarazz at 08/12/2021 at 16:03 UTC
0 upvotes, 2 direct replies
I mean, I was there for that counter and I don't miss it in any way. Just clogged the layout for little reason. Who cares if your comment is 5|2 or 9|6? You can see how "active" the site is by looking at number of comments and number of users online, or number of answers to polls.
Comment by Lee_does_stuff at 08/12/2021 at 15:42 UTC
0 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Imma be honest, i kinda like the voting system
Comment by TrapperJean at 08/12/2021 at 16:16 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Holy fuck I completely forgot about that, God that would have been interesting to have the last couple years with politics and covid posts
Comment by notcheatingiwinfsir at 08/12/2021 at 17:26 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I kinda like it like that so you can see how many people disagree
Comment by madd74 at 08/12/2021 at 17:59 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
While it is true that you used to see both counts (something I do miss), Youtube has it so you have ZERO indication in terms of a video. It could have 1 million likes, and 1 billion dislikes, and you would be none the wiser. If that happened here, the point total to the post would be close to zero, and if there are a lot of downvotes to the upvotes, it is marked as controversial[1]. Also, the comments still tell you how many points there are, including fun gems like this[2].
1: https://www.reddit.com/r/blog/comments/rbqu7c/reddit_recap_2021/?sort=controversial
Comment by LeBadlyNamedRedditor at 08/12/2021 at 21:21 UTC
1 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I still can see the % of upvotes compared to downvotes though
Comment by SpicyBaconJam at 09/12/2021 at 15:42 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Downvotes are used to control the narrative. They'll never go away.
