Like/Dislike.

I downvote anything that I deem worsens the quality of the community. This includes, but is not limited to:

• misinformation

• trolls

• bad faith engagement

• uncalled for hostility and incivility

• very lazy, low effort posts/comments

“This does not contribute” button.

On a related topic, one thing I learned from the old Century Club days on reddit is the Courtesy Upvote.

If a thread is interesting enough that you commented, upvote it, upvote all the other comments.

If someone replies to you or one of your posts, upvote them too.

Misinformation, propaganda, stuff like that. We can disagree and I’ll not downvote you. But if you’re outright spewing lies, whether you realize it or not, I’ll downvote.

“This is so ignorant replying would be a waste of time.”

For posts specifically, more juvenile ass, vagina, dick joke/image type posts.

For comments, I tend not to downvote because I normally don’t find a point.

Trolls & bots - then block the user - my feed is remarkably clean

but sometimes just to disagree…

It’s a disagree button. That’s how it’s used in practice, and we’re better off just accepting that.

Unhelpful / unconstructive

“I don’t like this” button.
Which is often something I disagree with

Bad faith, low effort, hostility.

misinformation and acting in bad faith, both of which have a funny habit of occuring at the same time

I try to use it like the original Reddit vision, which was that up and downvotes are for comments that I think add to the conversation. I’ll upvote a comment that I disagree with if it’s well thought out and well articulated (then I’ll say why I disagree).

The exception is when it’s a thread looking for factual information. If someone asks for objective information, I’ll downvote wrong answers.

Misinformation, bad attitudes, clichéd jokes

Is incorrect or does not contribute to the topic of the thread