I went through the options on the Lemmy and say you can turn off all any display of voting and even the icon for the voting feature. Has you done this? Has it changed your experience of Lemmy?

  • rbn@sopuli.xyz
    42·
    3 days ago

    I use Lemmy a lot to debate or read other people’s perspectives. While content is more important than the vote count, I’m still interested to see what are (un)popular opinions here (knowing that it definitely doesn’t represent the general public!).

    Unfortunately, seeing the votes immediately also increases your bias towards posts or comments, so it may have a negative impact on on your individual free thinking.

    An ideal compromise for me would be to see how other people voted, but only after I voted myself.

    • actaastron@reddthat.comEnglish
      1·
      24 hours ago

      I’m using an app called Thunder and I have voting turned off for posts. For threads I have an up vote arrow when the comments are expanded, but if I collapse them I can see the count, which kind of does what you’re asking? No idea how I managed to get that configured though.

  • SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml
    161·
    2 days ago

    I’ve turned them off. For some reason my brain takes vote numbers really personally and not seeing them makes me feel freer to comment whatever I like. Also I think the text/replies should speak for themselves.

  • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    92·
    2 days ago

    I chose blahaj not just because I support our trans brothers, sisters, and non-binaries, but also explicitly because it does not federate downvotes.

    There’s a massive difference in how it feels to only see upvotes alone.

    • rbn@sopuli.xyz
      7·
      3 days ago

      If you consider upvotes but ignore downvotes wouldn’t that give you quite a weird picture in case of controversial posts? Assuming there’s a racist or transphobic post with 100 downvotes and 5 upvotes, wouldn’t it give you a pretty wrong impression to see it as +5? Or does it not show any votes at all?

    • Cattail@lemmy.worldOP
      3·
      2 days ago

      I like the idea of an instance not having down votes that way. I assume that you could go to another instance and participate and no one could down vote you

      • rbn@sopuli.xyz
        4·
        2 days ago

        Is ‘non binary trans’ a thing? I hope I don’t offense anyone but so far I though…

        • Trans = swap male to female or vice versa
        • Non-binary = no defined gender / neither male nor female

        If you’re non-binary what do you transition from/to?

          • rbn@sopuli.xyz
            1·
            2 days ago

            So if I’m born male and identify non-binary, that would be considered trans as well? If I got that right my definition of trans was apparantly too binary. :D

            • thezeesystem@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
              3·
              2 days ago

              If you are assigned male at birth yes, remember that sex and gender are different things.

              Trans just basically means your not the gender you was assigned at birth. So yes it was to binary and thank you for recognizing that. Very much appreciated

              • rbn@sopuli.xyz
                1·
                2 days ago

                Thank you for the explanation!

                Edit: If you don’t mind a follow-on question: Is my former binary definition applicable when we’re talking about ‘transsexual’ rather then ‘transgender’? And when someone says just ‘trans’ in the queer community without any suffix, does that typically refer to -gender or -sexual?

                • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
                  2·
                  2 days ago

                  Transsexual is an old, negatively coded word (with use as far back as the Rocky Horror Picture Show in 1975). Transgender is the preferred nomenclature.

                  It was a derogatory term that implies that being transgender has something to do with sex and not an expression of gender.

                  Asexuals, who are disinterested in sex, can be transgender. Calling them a “transsexual” implies that there is a sexual expression happening.

                  When you express your gender (whatever it is), do you feel like you are being sexual? I would wager most don’t think they’re being sexual simply walking around being who they are.

                  That’s why the term for non-trans people is “cisgender” not “cissexual.”

      • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        I’m sorry I didn’t mean to imply I didn’t support the non-binary among us, that was bad phrasing on my part. Of course I support their right to be who they are.