Lemmy: Blunt instruments suck. Downvote feature should be switchable at a per-community granularity, not just server-wide
Some admins disable downvotes for their whole server (e.g. beehaw). It’s useful indeed considering the software is otherwise incapable of thwarting silent downvotes. But it’s too blunt as just a server-wide option.
For some communities downvotes are appropriate and some are not. The infosec.pub admin may want downvotes to be broadly possible, but it makes little sense for a community like [email protected]. And particularly off or obnoxious for a so-called “safe space” like [email protected].
For some communities downvotes are appropriate and some are not. The infosec.pub admin may want downvotes to be broadly possible, but it makes little sense for a community like [email protected]. And particularly off or obnoxious for a so-called “safe space” like [email protected].