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[–]soundsituation 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I like ovarit but a lot of people there are unbendingly hung on up right vs left. Take this for the personal intuition that it is, but on a positive note I've noticed a shift away from that type of thinking lately, at least among the userbase. Ovarit is still nowhere near as pluralistic as saidit but I've gotten the impression lately that things are trending in that direction. So this is disappointing, and perhaps a sign that certain mods are out of touch.

[–]WildApples 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I think the down vote buttons facilitate groupthink. I like that SaidIt does not have them.

[–]soundsituation 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Same and same. The downvote button also makes a forum more vulnerable to narrative manipulation from bots and shills; not a monumental issue for ovarit right now due to their invite system, but not a nonexistent one either.