In our previous announcement, we announced that we closed downvotes.
Some people found it right, some people hated it, some people hesitated. At the end of the day, since we are on a disorganised platform like fediverse, I find the decision we took right. However, I was also annoyed by the lack of downvotes. So I searched for a solution.
I think the planned post flair support will be a good improvement in this regard. But it seems to take a long time to develop.
What do you think about limiting downvotes to only members of that community? I see it as the optimal way in the current situation.
Please vote with empathy, not just as a user, but assuming you are a poster user. Is it right decision?
Poll: https://strawpoll.com/DwyoDBooDnA
Result: done.
only members of that community.
Local is ment to discover communities and subscribed is ment for content that you like, see and want to follow. If you don't like something, just don't interact with it, simply as that, if see you something that does not fit the community or breaks the rules, go ahead downvote + report it.
big edit: When I first register here, I don't like yiff, and thats me thats that, but I didn't start downvoting every post I saw, I dud start blocking them, and that was on local. Today I browser and no yify content has shown up.
Nah that's how you use the platform..
I came to this instance to browse local and block the communities I don't like. I'm not going to manage 100 subscriptions and limit myself to it. To me this instance solved all of my problems.