I experience Lemmy as a reflection of many of the problems in the world; there seems to be little effort to understand and respect different viewpoints. Instead of being curious about opinions one disagrees with, the community often feels almost aggressive. People end up in their own trenches. What about trying to be more open and curious about our differences instead?
Apparently we believe in freedom of speech—so long as the speech is something we agree with…
I don’t agree with the comment pile on, but downvoting content you don’t think fits in a community is exactly what that’s supposed to be used for.
It is fine to do both. If you have a point to make that hasn’t been made about a subject, you are allowed to make it.
But people should know that commenting on something should add something to the conversation, otherwise you should indeed just use your up votes. Like how supreme court uses concurrences. “I agree, but for different reasons.”