this post was submitted on 19 Aug 2024
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Get rid of votes.
They’re only useful for ranking content and content is only useful in the context of ad revenue.
You don’t have to be on reddit anymore.
Yes, a return to the unstructured ~~hellscape~~ glory of unranked comments of yesteryear. Every thread starting with a resounding "First!!1!!". Relevant or interesting things hidden on page 5 of 31. Spam lurking around every corner, as a treat.
I do want to find the most relevant topics at the top of a community, though.
And useful to let you know if a post is actually genuine/useful, or something you should probably ignore and disregard because everyone else that read it before you discarded it as bad
no it must only be for content farming
I agree, downvotes lead to a toxic online social environment
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Lol