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View submission: Making Redditing Simpler
Has there ever been any talk of getting rid of the downvote as the Reddit experience changes? I think we're past the point of it serving its original function of users self-moderating spam and irrelevant discussion. It's just used as a disagree/I-dont-like-you button which only serves to stifle legitimate discussion.
Comment by SmurfRockRune at 07/03/2023 at 23:57 UTC
9 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Absolutely not. Removing downvotes would turn this place into Twitter. Putting the worst comments at the bottom of threads is important. It's where yours belongs.
Comment by superfucky at 07/03/2023 at 20:45 UTC
-3 upvotes, 1 direct replies
go figure you got downvoted for this, but i would very much at least like it to be toggle-able in the subreddit settings. if r/memes wants to do their downvote parties or whatever that's fine but in some spaces downvotes can be very harmful and i would like to be able to turn them off for the vulnerable population i'm trying to help.