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How does PieFed improve voting compared to Reddit/Lemmy? (piefed.zip)

submitted 13 hours ago by MindfulMaverick@piefed.zip to c/piefed_meta@piefed.social

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I’m trying to understand how PieFed’s voting culture is different. I’ll admit, I usually upvote things I like and downvote the rest. Sometimes, if a post has a low score, I don't even read the title, I just downvote and move on. I suspect I’m not the only one who does this.

I know PieFed shows "Attitude" (the percentage of positive vs. negative votes you cast) on profiles, which is a nice touch. But aside from that metric, it doesn't seem to physically limit the act of downvoting.

Are there plans to make voting more meaningful? For instance, I've seen suggestions in the community about restricting votes to subscribers to prevent "drive-by" downvotes from people who aren't part of the community. How does PieFed plan to handle the issue of users reflexively downvoting without engaging with the content?

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[–] Bazell@lemmy.zip 4 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Well, removing the downwoting option does not remove the option to just send thumb down emoji as a reply. Yes, this removes anonymity, but still it will be hard for someone to discuss a single emoji like 👎 or ⬇️ since anyone can express their likes or dislikes.