starman@programming.dev to > Greentext@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 days agoAnon dislikes redditprogramming.devimagemessage-square105fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squareKillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoi think it’s just herd mentality. People see downvotes and then go “yeah downvote bad, me grug, me downvote comment also” the amount of posts i saw about some negative thing that had comments that were like “i almost downvoted this” was concerning.
minus-squareAdrianTheFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoOften there are multiple ways to interpret a poster’s intentions, and if you see a heavily downvoted comment you will automatically assume the worst.
i think it’s just herd mentality. People see downvotes and then go “yeah downvote bad, me grug, me downvote comment also”
the amount of posts i saw about some negative thing that had comments that were like “i almost downvoted this” was concerning.
Often there are multiple ways to interpret a poster’s intentions, and if you see a heavily downvoted comment you will automatically assume the worst.