Like, if there are no karma counts and there’s no downvote, does upvoting things I like have an effect?
They make me feel happy when I get them, and I need all the dopamine I can get these days.
Take one from me you junkie.
You guys are ruining his rehab D’:
I have ADHD, there’s no rehab for me, only the endless quest for dopamine.
Found any good Lemmy places for the ADHD crew?
I’m a mod over on https://beehaw.org/c/neurodivergence, which has a good number of us.
upvoting moves the post higher in the Hot, Active, and Top views.
technical details
the value of upvotes decay logarithmically over time in the Hot and Active views. new posts and comments have quite a bit of an early advantage, and since upvotes decay, popular old posts and new posts are on roughly equal footing in the Hot and Active views.
here is the algorithm, where R is rank, s is score (number of upvotes - downvotes), and t is time since posting in hours
It makes the person who commented feel actually heard, imo. It can be nice to see that someone read your comment and agreed
