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I suppose it makes sense if the change is lemmy-wide
I mean, that's how the report button works site-wide. If we are talking about a button that works automatically, then you are basically copying the downvote, but worse, since it cannot be offset by many people upvoting.
You need to remember that it is hard to distinguish between a downvote / button use because of spam / harassment and because of people not liking something. You need a human to do that. Fetish content will get downvoted / buttonned by people "not into it" when obscure enough. Regular OCs will also get that treatment - since users will get bored and seeing new content from them may make them downvote / button.
From a user interface perspective, I think it's far less likely people will report spam than downvote when they do not like something. I suppose we both are only hypothesising here though.
I don't see offsetting as a good feature. It just seems to drive people into tribalistic up/down wars. What's the point of users seeing the net votes?
Only if it isn't a single button.
The point is the same as with hiding the yt dislike button. It helps people determine if something is of higher quality or not.