In our previous announcement, we announced that we closed downvotes.

Some people found it right, some people hated it, some people hesitated. At the end of the day, since we are on a disorganised platform like fediverse, I find the decision we took right. However, I was also annoyed by the lack of downvotes. So I searched for a solution.

I think the planned post flair support will be a good improvement in this regard. But it seems to take a long time to develop.

What do you think about limiting downvotes to only members of that community? I see it as the optimal way in the current situation.

Please vote with empathy, not just as a user, but assuming you are a poster user. Is it right decision?

Poll: https://strawpoll.com/DwyoDBooDnA

Result: done.

  • Violet@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
    102·
    7 months ago

    Still a bit on the fence about the whole ordeal. But i can live with community based downvotes, to mitigate the downvotes from all browsers for OC posters.

    I think the arguments, in the last thread, from the nsfw AI communities made alot of sense to me. Downvotes within an already formed community can be beneficial.

    And i do miss not being able to downvote comments on other instances tbh.

    Im voting pro this new rule, its gonna be a bit of trial and error. So let’s just try it for a while and see how it goes.

    It apparently is/could be an option to ban users from communities as a mod, that gives me the freedom to curate my audience a bit in my own one. I could post for the entirety of lemmy and eat some downvotes when im feeling up for the exposure or retreat in my safespace/community when i wanna interact with users specificaly subscribed to my content.

    • b9999998@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
      41·
      7 months ago

      Yes, you definitely can ban accounts from community you mod. At the time of the ban, there is a checkbox option (via default browser UI) to also remove all the past crud posted in the community from account you are banning - easy way to do wholesale cleanup rather than having to do one message or one comment at a time.

      • Violet@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
        21·
        7 months ago

        Thats good news :D

        So how does banning an account from a community works?

        Can the account still see the community and just looses the ability to comment? Or does the whole community dissapears for the banned account?

        • b9999998@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
          21·
          7 months ago

          I suspect they just lose the ability to comment/vote.

          Try it out - try banning me from your comm

          Here’s a screenshot/example (sorry for the amateurish annotation). Use the hamburger option next to a post or comment from from account you want to action

            • b9999998@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
              21·
              7 months ago

              I can still see you, your comm and posts, but can’t comment (it just spins). And your comm is no longer in my subscribed list. And if I attempt to subscribe to comm again, no success - it just spins… So mostly good!

              • Violet@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
                11·
                7 months ago

                Excellent, good to know.

                So you cant vote or comment, can you report something?

                • b9999998@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
                  21·
                  7 months ago

                  Looks like can still submit report ( I sent a test one in your post/comm and it seems to take - if it did, you should see the report…)