I have heard a few different strategies for this. For example “Upvote everything, even if you disagree with it, if it contributes to discussion”. But my concern with this strategy is that it means the first posted comments just get upvoted the highest regardless of their quality relative to other comments (as all comments which contribute to discussion get upvoted).
So, my questions for lemmy:
- How do you hand out upvotes and why?
- If somebody could leave you a tip on your comment or post if they liked it (3c, $1, whatever), would you be interested in that functionality? Nostr has this and I find it pretty fun. I would hand out tips here but there is no functionality for it.
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I upvote comments that contribute to the discussion, even if I disagree. I downvote comments that detract from the discussion or use slurs. Comments that add nothing but aren’t harmful I leave unvoted.
Posts are a little different. I upvote posts that are interesting (or sparked interesting comments) and on-topic for the muni. I downvote posts that are off-topic and videos posted without a text summary. Posts which don’t interest me but are on-topic I leave unvoted.
This. Also, I downvote comments that are basically verbal upvotes that don’t add anything (like if this comment just said “This”.
In addition to using slurs, I also downvote comments that are unjustly rude.
I know it probably sounds like I downvote a lot, but I upvote more things than I downvote.
People upvote everything they agree with, downvote everything they disagree with.
That’s the reality, no matter what they say.
You can easily see this in a thread where two dissenting opinions are present: one opinion gets upvoted consistently, the other gets downvoted consistently, and it’s not based on the quality of their prose.
I disagree with your opinion, yet I haven’t downvoted it.
This is what you think and probably a lot of people share your opinion, and I consider that valid even if I disagree.
I reserve my downvotes for rude people, people who spread misinformation, who really got the answer wrong, or who are trolling or riling people up.
Hot take: And there is nothing wrong with this.
Given a large enough population density, there will be enough variety of opinions to bring up the quality line.
Of course, we know what happens when a large percentage of that population is LLMs, which I pinky promise I am not one of.
groupthink is not exclusive to small populations
Adding money to social media/forums just makes everyone into a smartass for a couple cents.
I upvote posts or comments that teach me about something I didn’t know before. Anything that opens a new door for me to gain new knowledge or experiences or a novel approach to life.
I’ll also upvote when someone can put something difficult to express into words clearly.
Both of those add value to my life, and the least I can do is give a click and some positive feedback.
As for leaving a tip, if you mean as in real money, nah, even though it’s probably be worth it to me here. Monetizing stuff is a race to the bottom to churn out cheap content for clicks. Too many places doing that already.
If you mean more of an intangible value for the content provided, more like the 1-5 scale from Slashdot as opposed to just an up or down vote, there could be use in that, but nothing life changing.
