I started seeing a weird trend on Lemmy that I cannot understand.
Weeks ago, posts used to have downvotes and upvotes in the semi-rational range you would expect.
Out of nowhere, it seems like almost all the posts I see now have zero downvotes with some exceptions.
What is happening here exactly?
I believe blahaj has similar reasons as Hexbear.net for why they both disable downvotes, downvotes have been documented as especially targetting queer folk, especially trans users. Removing downvotes removes that visibility. In Hexbear’s case, it’s also to promote discussion, not sure if blahaj has similar aims on that front.