There are three people here who are telling you that they don't see "downvoters for disagreement" as normalized practice. I presume all three of us were also on Reddit, and we can all help shape a different culture to here. You talk of "bringing Redditors" like Reddit users are complete different species than you.

I want to bring people. Lots of them. The majority of them will not be interesting to you or me. That's okay. What made Reddit so great was that it attracted so many people that it had a really long tail of niches.

The Fediverse needs people. And I am not saying that because I am seeking "power" or "influence". I am saying it because if we keep this reactionary "it's fine like this, keep the barbarians away" mentality, the whole thing will stagnate and die. And I don't want to lose our best shot at bringing back an open web for everyone.

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Person here who was from Reddit, and see downvotes as disagreement as a common usage.

Anecdotes amirite

[–] rglullis@communick.news 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, anecdotes.

And your point is... ?

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Saying something like "3 people here don't think downvotes do xyz" is not a good argument. 3 is not significant, and is even still anecdotal

[–] rglullis@communick.news 0 points 3 months ago

My friend, I don't know why you decided to necro this thread, but:

I am not using this data point to make a case that I'm holding some majority opinion. I know it's not, but at the same time it's not just because it's the minority opinion that it is somehow invalid.
The point is that "downvotes as disagreement" is not some type of "unwritten law" that is universally accepted.
Three people out of the whole group that got involved in the discussion is relevant.