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How do you use voting systems on social media/fora? (likes, upvotes/downvotes, etc.)
Personally, I almost only upvote/like posts when I'm sorting by newest - as that's when my upvote has the most marginal value to promote a post - and I virtually never downvote/dislike. Past the point where my individual vote has substantial value to the algorithm, I simply don't care to leave my petty display of opinion. For those of you who do use your votes, here are some questions to reflect upon:
I use the upvote as a "more of this, please" button and the downvote as a "less of this, please" button. The extent to which this correlates with agree/disagree vs well-reasoned/poorly reasoned probably varies with my mood, though I hope it tends to be the latter more often than the former.
I also try to be a little extra charitable with anyone who tends to buck the zeitgeist of whichever community I'm in, both as a check against my own biases and out of a desire to maintain what intellectual diversity we have left.
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