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i just want to say how much I love having separate upvotes and downvotes. (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by AeroLemming@lemm.ee to c/voyagerapp@lemmy.world

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It's very nice to see that X people liked a post/comment and Y people disliked it instead of just having a singular "goodness/badness" rating. It (literally, in a mathematical sense) adds a whole new dimension to post ratings and gives us a more nuanced understanding of people's opinions. Plus, it feels a lot better to see that 5 people agreed with you and 7 disagreed when you made a controversial statement instead of just seeing a score of -1 telling you how bad you are.

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[–] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Agree. It gives perspective.

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 6 points 1 year ago

100%. I'm still a bit shocked there are instances that block down votes and vehemently defend the decision. I mean, didn't everyone raise a huff when YouTube disabled dislike? I can only imagine someone got down voted into oblivion once and reacted with "Down votes are bad."

[–] fer0n@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

I think it’s totally fine to have the option, personally I find it the "goodness/badness" percentage to be more appropriate. A post could have 1000 upvotes with 5 down and I’d only look at the 5 and think "wow, so many disliked this" where it’s actually 99.5% positive.