With slrpnk.net disabling down voting, can posts in a local community be down voted and seen as such by users from other instances?

Context: I am considering creating a community here and want to know that will handicap features people elsewhere didn’t choose to not have.

  • poVoq@slrpnk.netMEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I think yes. As far as I can tell disabling down-votes on an instance just hides that feature from users on that instance.

    I have been considering to re-enable down-votes here, but I would prefer if down-votes would not federate as community standards really differ and abuse potential of this particular feature is relatively high.

    • McSinyx@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
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      2 years ago

      As far as I can tell disabling down-votes on an instance just hides that feature from users on that instance.

      Thanks, that’s good to know.

      I would prefer if down-votes would not federate

      Is lemmy more aggressive with relaying than microblogging implementations? In my experience favorites/reactions rarely make it to third-party instances (not involving in reacting or being reacted) of the latter.

      community standards really differ

      Couldn’t this be solved by per-community rules?

      • poVoq@slrpnk.netMEnglish
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        2 years ago

        For me it usually works cross instance 🤷‍♂️

        What I mean is that what people consider worthy of a down-vote differs from instance to instance. You can’t enforce a community rule for down-voting behaviour and some Lemmy instances are known for politically motivated down-vote brigading that does not align with the values I would like to see here on this instance.

        • McSinyx@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
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          2 years ago

          You can’t enforce a community rule for down-voting behaviour

          Ah right d-; Mobs can also jump in communities they’re not part of just to down vote.