Why are they disallowed? And more importantly, why is this not transparent in the pinned post about Lemmy.one as a rule?
I was blindsided by this when I saw another user mention it, and while I enjoy Lemmy.one very much, I’m considering moving on because of this. I rarely, very rarely, down-vote, but at times it’s handy to push down misinformation or adverse content.
It feels a bit too much like YouTube and the removal of the dislike button to me. What are other’s thoughts?
Downvotes seem to only spread negativity and discourage contribution. as others have said, you can just report posts if they’re breaking the rules, so I don’t really get the point of downvotes anyway. Better posts will rise above it even when downvotes are disabled.