Yeah, there’s no algorithmic response that lowers the amount of that content. But people may end up posting less of some kinds of things if they’re downvoted.
I’m not saying this (or any other) way is a good use of the downvote—just that it is one way it’s used.
Downvoting news on a German speaking communities because they are in German will probably won’t reduce the amount of posts there. People should just block communities they don’t want to engage with rather than downvoting content that is on-topic just because they don’t like the topic itself.
Yeah, there’s no algorithmic response that lowers the amount of that content. But people may end up posting less of some kinds of things if they’re downvoted.
I’m not saying this (or any other) way is a good use of the downvote—just that it is one way it’s used.
Downvoting news on a German speaking communities because they are in German will probably won’t reduce the amount of posts there. People should just block communities they don’t want to engage with rather than downvoting content that is on-topic just because they don’t like the topic itself.
agreed