Can the "funny" button function like a downvote?

submitted by StalwartJames from self.SaidIt

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[–]wizzwizz4 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

The whole point of not having a downvote button is so people don't just label stuff as "bad", "wrong", "bad" without explaining why.

Reddit-like downvotes allow people to decide that things are toxic, reduce their visibility, and turn subreddits into echo-chambers without even meaning to. We are in agreement.

(note: edited rather drastically; the first sentence is from the original, and I removed references to me being irrationally cross for no apparent reason, but the rest is new)

[–]Anonfamous 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Oh right on. And please be cross. I fuckin hated that overly tight PC corner the Reddit mods had people backed into. They used it as a cheap way to censor what didn't fit their world/emotional views.

[–]wizzwizz4 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

How does "not having a downvote button" equal "an overly tight PC corner"? The removal of the downvote button is designed in part to reduce censorship, which you could otherwise easily do by making a bunch of alts and downvoting stuff to oblivion.

We are in violent agreement about this side-issue. Now can we get back to discussing the downvote?