When I first found out it was an interesting concept that I was pretty neutral on but the more I engage/lurk with the community the more I enjoy it.
I generally don’t post/comment much on Reddit because I tend to be extremely sincere and that’s not always well received. Usually I don’t get much hate, but what I do get is a lot of non-interaction mixed with downvotes. And it’s just really discouraging when I’m just trying to share my thoughts.
But having no downvotes here is so nice because I’m not afraid that I’m going to get silenced into oblivion. Either people will actually engage with me (and maybe disagree, but in a meaningful way), or they’ll move on and not randomly share their disdain via downvoting.
It’s such a small change but makes a big difference. I bet a lot of people feel the same as me - it’s more comfortable to engage here.
That’s my same thought too, on Reddit you’re always scared of “saying the wrong thing” because your fake internet points will go down
omg i can troll now no downvotes omg nice!
You can, but that doesn’t make it consequence free. You know that bans exist, especially for a more egregious trolls.
Now we have infinite fake internet points.
can we even see how many points we have tho