Because to me, they seem like de facto "Agree and “Disagree” buttons, whether or not it was the intent.

  • NutinButNet@hilariouschaos.com
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    28 days ago

    It wasn’t meant to be an agree/disagree button on Reddit either.

    It’s meant for upvoting posts that contribute to the topic/community and downvoting stuff that doesn’t, such as spam or trolling.

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      28 days ago

      People get emotional over a comment and click the downvote as it makes them feel empowered, that’s how it always ends up. Maybe just having upvotes only would work better.

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        28 days ago

        Upvote only doesn’t necessarily work better because it encourages controversially good content rather than unambiguously good content