Free speech can’t flourish online — Social media is an outrage machine, not a forum for sharing ideas and getting at the truth::Social media is an outrage machine, not a forum for sharing ideas and getting at the truth

  • BlanketsWithSmallpox@lemmy.world
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    3 年前

    Upvotes and downvotes have always been agree and disagree buttons. Reddit trying to pretend they were ever anything else was folly.

    Hell, even calling them upvote and downvotes is a misnomer if all you’re trying to do is promote discussion. Even then, it’s silly to think that most up or downvoted to oblivion comments aren’t there for a reason. More often than not it just tells you what that community’s and parent comments biases are lol.