MrMusAddict@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoUpvoting a factually incorrect comment because it sounds nice, and downvoting a factually correct comment because it sounds bad.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square159fedilinkarrow-up1538arrow-down182
arrow-up1456arrow-down1imageUpvoting a factually incorrect comment because it sounds nice, and downvoting a factually correct comment because it sounds bad.lemmy.worldMrMusAddict@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square159fedilink
minus-squareThorny_ThicketlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·10 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-squarejet@hackertalks.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 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.