edit: now it's a meme and we can all hug in the comments.
this post was submitted on 12 Sep 2023
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I think it kind of is. Hexbear folks love to post and engage more directly with each other based on what I've seen while a lot of people (myself for included) clearly take a much more passive approach and just up vote and move on. My excuse is generally I usually only come on here when bored and have nothing else to fill my time with and I find commenting to be personally kind of exhausting now days.
I think downvotes produce participation anxiety and Hexbear not only doesn't have them but also promotes a not-giving-a-fuck mentality to posting.
Last time I saw any research about it down votes make people angry with eacother and fight. Which is good for Engagement if you want ad money. Bad for the culture though
Thats fair enough, thanks for your perspective!
turns out not having downvotes is good for our culture