i think we need Cracked-style articles back. desperately. or like, a guy doing a weird thing and writing a piece on it. sites like those are declining faster than the glaciers.

  • @Zak
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    13 months ago

    Sure there is; you can make the UI require it.

      • @Zak
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        13 months ago

        Make the UI require a label/reason for a vote, like Slashdot.

        Slashdot doesn’t have a downvote. It has labels like “off-topic” and “flamebait” that serve to lower a comment’s score. It’s possible to misuse them of course, but that requires an active decision to do so; the obvious action is to pick a label honestly.