In https://lemmy.world/post/50116148 , I asked for ideas on how to improve the rules.
The 3 pieces of feedback I received:
- should we have a “no mass downvoting” rule? too often I see an unpopular opinion post where every OP comment just gets blanket downvoted despite very much engaging in good faith - 2 upvotes, 0 downvotes
- I just wish people upvoted unpopular opinions, instead of the opinions they agree wirh. Anything people don’t agree with, they downvote. :( - 18 upvotes, 0 downvotes (not sure if this is something we can easily turn into a rule)
- Remove no politics rule. Let’s get some political unpopular opinions - 4 upvotes, 3 downvotes
Let me know what we should change from the list above - if anything.
6 Comments
ccunning@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1d
I think allowing politics would be a shit show. If it’s something a majority of folks really want I’d suggest starting with a dedicated day of the week.
JonsJava@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1d
Not a bad idea. I HATE politics (ignore the fact that I moderate politicalmemes), because it's always a fight.
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 22h
Hell no to politics. By the rules the most toxic takes on the fediverse would be getting upvoted to the front page here.
Stern@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 18h
The hypothetical "Kamala would have been worse then Trump for the country" thread is already giving me pre-ptsd.
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech · 3 pts · 1d
I specifically do not include politics in my Lemmy experience. I get enough of it everywhere else, and there are plenty of places to hear unpopular opinions about politics. Honestly, I would unsubscribe if that went away.
As for mass downviting, I see the appeal of a rule. There are some new voting options coming in 1.0 though, I'd hold off until those come and then revisit it.
IWW4@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 14h
Hell no to all of the above.