we give each other small subtle emotional feedback all the time. it’s very normal to make someone angry, it’s healthy to express it downvote gets translated to me as “bad”, don’t do this. i have learned to avoid sending this signal unless it is important much prefer more nuanced feedback 🙄
when I use it I mean "bad don't do this"? the problem w translation from irl to online is the scale problem- before I wrote my first reply in this thread I'd spent 15 mins composing a thoughtful reply to someone's rape joke and when I went to hit post it was already deleted...
I feel like it should not take longer to send feedback than to send the original message, that's my issue w demanding nuanced feedback to jokes that likely were not the result of any deep thought or sincerity
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Reply · Apr 17, 2023hah! I like downvote- gives me some way to feel I've expressed my negative emotions without writing some angry reply that does no one any goodReply · Apr 19, 2023yeah... there are some ppl on twitter who are in my same circle but not that close and sometimes they post insightful stuff I like and sometimes they…Reply · Apr 18, 2023how so? that's how I've used them on arlnow (news site w disqus below) - like maybe one downvote every day or two usuallyReply · Apr 18, 2023yeah lol but you're saying I'm a redditor for replying w "downvote", is it just a matter of which words I used?