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As a somewhat frequent poster myself, I kind of miss the meaningless number going up. It lets me track how many people have seen the stuff I posted and cared enough to react

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

No. It encourages people to game the system instead of honestly engaging.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Not only do I not miss it, I'm relieved that it's not here.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

No, it just existed to block people from posting.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No, and I wish votes didn't even exist here.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Votes are the only reason making a social platform social.

Juat look at Youtube comments, Instagram, Facebook, etc. None have downvotes.

Its somehow more social to see opinions on votes besides text.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I think voting is completely unnecessary, and is a sort of "participation placebo" for the lazy but opinionated.