DandomRude@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month 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-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up178arrow-down15
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 · 1 month agomessage-square14linkfedilink
minus-squareFit_Series_573@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·1 month 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 month agoThere are certainly times I’d rather have 50 comments and 5 upvotes than 50 upvotes and 5 comments.
minus-squareflamiera@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month 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.