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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      2 months ago

      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.

      • Dr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.org
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        I think voting is completely unnecessary, and is a sort of “participation placebo” for the lazy but opinionated.