• Codilingus@sh.itjust.works
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        3 months ago

        References the ratio of upvotes vs downvotes. People use it as a “look, even this community thinks you’re wrong,” or similar.

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          3 months ago

          Ah, figures, thank you. I still don’t get it, with the counts I’m seeing, but I think we’ve gone deep enough down this comment chain already.

        • pelletbucket@lemm.ee
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          3 months ago

          I mean unless you’re arguing that people were downvoting op because the article sucks