MrMusAddict to Mildly [email protected]English • 10 months agoUpvoting a factually incorrect comment because it sounds nice, and downvoting a factually correct comment because it sounds bad.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square154fedilinkarrow-up1547arrow-down184
arrow-up1463arrow-down1imageUpvoting a factually incorrect comment because it sounds nice, and downvoting a factually correct comment because it sounds bad.lemmy.worldMrMusAddict to Mildly [email protected]English • 10 months agomessage-square154fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish14•10 months agoMany users vote based on emotions here. I often see well written comments with the sources linked and everything, being downvoted, and some low effort reply with an opinion is upvoted, though factually incorrect.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•10 months agoI see that a lot too. This is the art of rhetoric, politics. Not facts. Voting is a human thing. You have to appeal to the human.
Many users vote based on emotions here. I often see well written comments with the sources linked and everything, being downvoted, and some low effort reply with an opinion is upvoted, though factually incorrect.
I see that a lot too. This is the art of rhetoric, politics. Not facts. Voting is a human thing. You have to appeal to the human.