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      I’m defending that person’s joke.

      Read the screen names involved. It’s a decent hip-fire joke, but people took it the wrong way and downvote-spammed him

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        Who cares about downvotes though, honestly? I was expecting some piss-poor Marxist take, because that’s what you mentioned in your comment, but didn’t find one. I know they exist though, I’ve browsed Lemmygrad before.

        I see what you meant to with your posting of that link, though… Maybe you need to be a bit less sensitive? You’re going to have a hard time on here with a sensitivity threshold so low. 12-ish downvotes never killed anyone. Nobody cancelled anyone, nobody got called a nazi. Nobody got censored or deplatformed. Chill out 😁

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          Who cares about downvotes though, honestly?

          Your average person cares very much, and this topic is about getting more of them to join lemmy.

          This isn’t about how I feel about people being shits. I clearly don’t care. This is about growing lemmy.

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            Do you have any source confirming that the average person cares about downvotes? Did you consider lurkers? I’m not convinced, myself, but I have nothing to back my position.

            I thought the topic was to show that redditors were talking about Lemmy, I did not know it was about getting more people aboard. There was no such indication in the community’s sidebar, or in the post itself.

            But now that you mention it, lots of people are talking about that in the comments. Maybe I just shouldn’t be here!

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              It’s social disapproval; most people care about social approval–it’s human nature. When googling the question, Ican’t find scientific studies, but general conversation where pretty much everyone involved agrees that downvotes are at least disappointing and at can make people not want to participate.

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              Do you have any source confirming that the average person cares about downvotes?

              Asking for a source on this is silly. Go to any reddit thread.

              I thought the topic was to show that redditors were talking about Lemmy

              The thread linked is a person trying to convince people to come to lemmy.

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                That’s what I thought, this is a gut feeling, which I guess is as good as mine.

                I know the person on Reddit is trying to get people to join, but I interpreted the linking as a way to say “look, reddit is talking about us”. Which, as you suggest, is not the right interpretation.

                I have no interest in participating in Lemmy’s market strategy workshops. Enjoy your day!