Tildes – A non-profit community site driven by its users' interests

Re:Tildes – A non-profit community site driven by its users'... by andrewmcwatters on Friday May 18, 2018 @02:05PM (#17103578)

So, what is it? No screenshots, all talk. The world doesn't need another Digg clone, it needs something brand new. We have enough ripoffs already. Are you going to implement up and down voting? If so, why promote a voting model that empowers the 51% and silences 49%?

Sorry this isn't a popular sentiment, but downvoting my comment proves a point. I have a valid concern, but repeated downvoting on HN leads to a situation where I'm afraid to comment on anything and never provides me the ability to downvote comments myself.

Edit: Hah, what irony https://docs.tildes.net/mechanics#lack-of-downvoting

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Re:Tildes – A non-profit community site driven by its users'... by evilnight on Friday May 18, 2018 @02:55PM (#17103987)

If you want screenshots, here you go. https://imgur.com/a/qit6zPk

The jury is back on downvoting, there's enough science to prove it has a negative effect on community dynamics. While tildes doesn't have precise 'downvoting' it will have tagging that will apply negative effects to those comments and submissions. Think of it as contextual downvoting - and if people abuse tags like 'troll' and 'flame' and 'joke' they will lose their ability to use those tags.

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Re:Tildes – A non-profit community site driven by its users'... by DanBC on Friday May 18, 2018 @03:01PM (#17104039)

> I have a valid concern

I suspect the downvotes are not because of your valid opinion, but the strong, perhaps aggressive, way you deliver it.

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