Some people are suggesting to disable self votes, but start posts/comments at 1 point. I think thats a great idea, because it would also help Pleroma/Mastodon users. Those cant send votes, so they currently start at 0 points.

I don’t like the point of voting (both upvoting and downvoting) your own posts/comments. As some say it’s better to start with 1 when you post/comment. Simplifies the code and simplifies the user interface, improving the experience.

I don’t really see the point of voting on your own posts. I’d be happy to get rid of it.

i personally prefer the stackexchange model of default being 0 and no self upvotes.

but in general as long as it’s consistent i suppose it doesn’t matter an awful lot.

the cool thing about automatic self upvote is that nobody need to feel arrogant for voting own content. so I think automatic upvote or no ability to self vote are both fine (but I kinda like how score starts at +1)

I agree, I think Lemmy simply cargo culted it from Reddit, without giving it a second thought.

Or start with zero and don’t allow voting on one’s own posts at all. The whole idea of voting is getting the community’s opinion after all

I think we should remove it, and it would also provide an extra way to distinguish your post / comment as it would not have arrows.

That said, I think whatever you post should still start at 1. Things starting at 0 is a programming thing that should not carry over to real life, and personally I am used to seeing something with a score of zero as bad or negative (likely the same for most other people). The assumption that you approve of your own post is a reasonable one I think.

Of course we need. Otherwise you have to fight with “downvoted” perception.