DandomRude@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoHow come posts on Lemmy often have fewer upvotes than the comments in the thread, even if they merely provide additional information or expand on the idea?message-squaremessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up177arrow-down14
arrow-up173arrow-down1message-squareHow come posts on Lemmy often have fewer upvotes than the comments in the thread, even if they merely provide additional information or expand on the idea?DandomRude@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareFit_Series_573@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·2 days agoConversation > Number of upvotes on a post. Similar to old reddit when upvotes didn’t matter as much but the information in said post did which would end up having the top few comments having more upvotes than the most itself.
minus-squareDalacos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 day agoThere are certainly times I’d rather have 50 comments and 5 upvotes than 50 upvotes and 5 comments.
minus-squareflamiera@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·21 hours agoWhich is entirely the point of keeping a community alive at all. If people just strictly downvoted or upvoted posts and little commentary, there would be a problem of growth.
Conversation > Number of upvotes on a post. Similar to old reddit when upvotes didn’t matter as much but the information in said post did which would end up having the top few comments having more upvotes than the most itself.
There are certainly times I’d rather have 50 comments and 5 upvotes than 50 upvotes and 5 comments.
Which is entirely the point of keeping a community alive at all.
If people just strictly downvoted or upvoted posts and little commentary, there would be a problem of growth.