I don’t remember what caused the Voat’s origin, except it involved Reddit HQ. And then it went under in 2020.

What’s different about this time and with Lemmy to make it a feasible alternative to Reddit? Is it random chance?

  • dustyData@lemmy.world
    6·
    2 years ago

    Or maybe up and downvotes are meaningless and karma has no value. I think it’s a way of polling opinion on a topic. Lemmy is not Reddit. Users have no accumulated karma, downvotes don’t hide comments and Post’s default comment sort is by New.

    • TheDeadGuy@kbin.social
      3·
      2 years ago

      People are really bent out of shape with others disagreeing with them. You aren’t being silenced, you’re being polled and that’s not a problem.

      Now if you are harassed because of it, that’s a different subject than a simple downvoted. That’s why I love the transparency here