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Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 7 months ago

Up votes and down votes tend to move a site toward being an echo chamber.

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Up votes and down votes tend to move a site toward being an echo chamber.

Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 7 months ago
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  • Heinous@feddit.online
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    7 months ago

    I agree but I down voted you for fun anyway

  • Sarah@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Yeah but sorting by new is not a good experience either.

    Letting the site choose what we see with an algorithm is also awful.

    Not sure what the answer is.

    • Quilotoa@lemmy.caOP
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      7 months ago

      I wonder what the difference would be if we eliminated down votes?

      • TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works
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        7 months ago

        You get YouTube where everyone likes everything and nothing is ever bad quality /s

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