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Cake day: August 7th, 2025

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  • A lot of that depends on the instance you’re on. The one I’m on, for example, disabled downvoting, so you can only upvote. And to me, this has become an essential feature, and I refuse to go on an instance that allows downvoting.

    Downvoting allows for passive aggressiveness and the shutdown of anything people don’t want to see, which usually results in content about minorities being instantly buried without saying a word. Downvoting prevents meaningful engagement from happening.

    On these kinds of instances, if something is wrong with a post or whatever, people will comment on it. Talk about it. And the culture of the community will do the rest. But if there is something you don’t like, you have to face it, and you have to actually engage with it and express why you don’t like it. You can’t just throw your downvote and move on without expressing any form of criticism.

    I genuinely think it’s the best solution. I don’t think you can re-fix the downvote button. Just get rid of it. :)