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Ideas: Different upvote buttons. Award tokens for Donating (self.fedigrow)

submitted 6 days ago by arakhis_ to c/fedigrow@lemm.ee

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Hear me out: Had these ideas to ensure lemmy doesn't derail into a short video/meme spiral like every other social platform

Additional (more specific) up/downvote buttons.

Like "original vs generic", "low effort vs detailed"

Not only can we ensure the engagement doesn't derail into an X-like anarchy or Instagram meme fest, but we can also then sort comments by parameters (ie. you've seen 20 pun comments about the headline and broad topic at hand but want to see actual thoughts about a linked article)

Another idea:

Instances are commonly offering donation buttons since they need to fund the servers. What if we tied cosmetic "superlike" awards to donations.

Thoughts? Very interested in your inputs/adaptations to my ideas or other cool concepts you have to ensure lemmy staying solid while growing

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[–] Libb@jlai.lu 3 points 6 days ago (3 children)

I think I like the idea but shouldn't we worry it would make it harder to use? I mean, people are lazy... if they are forced to hesitate each time they want to vote for a post or a comment, they'll simply find a shortcut which probably means they'll go for the biggest/first button they can click. Something like that.

Also, I'm not sure vote will really change any deep trend (which by the way is one of the reasons I steered away from other social media). If people really want to share memes and low effort content can we really prevent it?

[–] Skavau@lemm.ee 1 points 6 days ago

Well in an ideal world, it might reduce the average amount of upvotes a post/comment gets, but provides more meaningful insight into the communities reaction.

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