Because to me, they seem like de facto "Agree and “Disagree” buttons, whether or not it was the intent.

  • @[email protected]
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    91 day ago

    It wasn’t meant to be an agree/disagree button on Reddit either.

    It’s meant for upvoting posts that contribute to the topic/community and downvoting stuff that doesn’t, such as spam or trolling.

    • warm
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      21 day ago

      People get emotional over a comment and click the downvote as it makes them feel empowered, that’s how it always ends up. Maybe just having upvotes only would work better.

      • @Feathercrown
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        22 hours ago

        Upvote only doesn’t necessarily work better because it encourages controversially good content rather than unambiguously good content

    • @Iheartcheese
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      11 day ago

      Yep. Didn’t work out that way though just like it didn’t work out that way here