• Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.ca
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    20 hours ago

    giving a shit about “upvotes” seems like such a reddit thing to do.

    I’m here for replies and conversation and yes…sometimes getting into arguments with dickheads (and…I’ll be honest…sometimes being said dickhead when I’m having a bad day)

    I don’t actually care how many internet strangers are giving me made up internet points or not. It’s always just seemed to me to be vacuous and silly as something to “chase”

    • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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      9 hours ago

      reddit now will monitor upvotes in thier filters, too much too fast would result in a probably shadowban/permaban, because it assumes you are botting.

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      20 hours ago

      Upvotes are a means to an end for site visibility though, which is required to attain conversation in most cases.

      • Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.ca
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        20 hours ago

        I get that. I just mean that I don’t spend time trying to tailor an answer to try to get the most number of upvotes. I’ll say what i want to say, and if people want to upvote me for it or downvote me for it makes no difference whatsoever.