[META] Rule review - feedback request
In https://lemmy.world/post/50116148 , I asked for ideas on how to improve the rules.
The 3 pieces of feedback I received:
- should we have a “no mass downvoting” rule? too often I see an unpopular opinion post where every OP comment just gets blanket downvoted despite very much engaging in good faith - 2 upvotes, 0 downvotes
- I just wish people upvoted unpopular opinions, instead of the opinions they agree wirh. Anything people don’t agree with, they downvote. :( - 18 upvotes, 0 downvotes (not sure if this is something we can easily turn into a rule)
- Remove no politics rule. Let’s get some political unpopular opinions - 4 upvotes, 3 downvotes
Let me know what we should change from the list above - if anything.
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Hell no to all of the above.
i made #1 and i'm curious why not
I have always viewed a massive number of downvotes in the same way as a massive number of upvotes.
"mass downvoting" means blanket downvoting comments, not just a post getting too many downvotes
I think allowing politics would be a shit show. If it’s something a majority of folks really want I’d suggest starting with a dedicated day of the week.
Not a bad idea. I HATE politics (ignore the fact that I moderate politicalmemes), because it's always a fight.
Hell no to politics. By the rules the most toxic takes on the fediverse would be getting upvoted to the front page here.
The hypothetical "Kamala would have been worse then Trump for the country" thread is already giving me pre-ptsd.
I specifically do not include politics in my Lemmy experience. I get enough of it everywhere else, and there are plenty of places to hear unpopular opinions about politics. Honestly, I would unsubscribe if that went away.
As for mass downviting, I see the appeal of a rule. There are some new voting options coming in 1.0 though, I'd hold off until those come and then revisit it.
what are those voting options?