• The Doctor
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    67 months ago

    That’s pretty much the entire Internet these days.

    • mozzOP
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      57 months ago

      It’s honestly very perplexing to me

      Like why did 5 people upvote just pure combative nonsense. What did they see in it that led them to say “yeah this resonates with me, fuck this guy for objectively false reasons! I support this message!”

      It’s just confusing

      • The Doctor
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        27 months ago

        I think it’s because people are taking their frustrations out on whatever seems to make people think something might be on the upswing. Even better, because you can’t necessarily see who upvoted nobody can call them on it.

        It’s like the folks who go to see a movie and gush about how awesome it was when you’re sitting around shooting the shit, but the moment they get on the Net they trash it in as many ways as possible.

        • mozzOP
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          37 months ago

          More or less agreed. Side note though, votes on Lemmy aren’t private. Admins or self-hosters can always see them if they care, and other platforms (notably Friendica and kbin/mbin depending on version and config) display the identities of people voting to everyone. It seems wrong to me that most Lemmy-style platforms don’t make this clear.