I was there, I saw the thread. @TheDude, did you? It was pretty strongly in favour. Do we really need to keep waiting around to see if an instance administrated by a guy who wants to declare “cis” a slur is going to turn out okay?

https://sh.itjust.works/post/216888 for context.

  • PrimordialSoup@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    913·
    1 year ago

    Yeah it would seem so.

    I like to imagine they created each account manually, angrily downvoting me, whilst completely forgetting karma isn’t a thing here.

      • Cold Hotman@nrsk.noEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        My impression is that a lot of the new users from the reddit influx explicitly use downvotes as a way to signal their disagreement with an opinion. As a result, several instances have disabled downvotes to shield themselves from this unwanted internet culture. There have also been working proof of concepts of articifial downvote bots, using such tools would be in line with the reddit culture as I’ve experienced it.

      • Black Conservative@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        616·
        1 year ago

        No there is definitely some fishy shit going on. I would bet there are people spinning up whole instances just to control vote flow. Even if it’s not you someone IS doing it. But it’s probably you