I saw from a recent post that downvotes does not propagate. That seems counter-intuative to me, how does it actually work?

  • Does my downvote affect the visibility on such a posts in my feed when I vote on it on my local instance?

  • Does my downvotes on such an post impact the visibility of the post among my fellow lemmy-browsers on a third party instance?

  • Will turning off downvotes on an instance give its posts and posters an artificial boost when federating compared to instances where posts can get downvotes?

I’m suspecting this can be used to create false consensus and artificially high visibility around posts.

  • Ada
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    11 year ago

    I’m suspecting this can be used to create false consensus and artificially high visibility around posts.

    Anyone that finds that an issue can turn off downvotes themselves, or even block the instance they feel is gaming the system.

    • Cold HotmanOP
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      21 year ago

      I don’t think anyone can turn off downvotes or block instances, as far as I know both of those are server-wide admin settings.

      I would also hope that instance blocks is the last option, not the first - Particularly on other small instances.

      • Ada
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        11 year ago

        I was talking about instance admins. If there is an issue with gaming the system, that’s where the solution will be. You can’t do much about it as an individual user

        • Cold HotmanOP
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          21 year ago

          If there is an issue with gaming the system, that’s where the solution will be.

          I don’t think participating in something percieved as unfair should be the solution to something I percieve as unfair. In such a situation, actively distancing myself would be more aligned with my ethics. On a personal level it’s easy to block other individual users from cetain instances (although a never-ending process), but as an admin action it would impact a lot of users on both instances.

          But as I’m unsure about how it works, it might be a non-issue. I respect other instances choice to disable downvotes, and if instance X’s downvotes on posts from such servers are propegated to my instance - Both sides preferences would be achievable.