hexbee [she/her]

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Cake day: November 13th, 2024

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  • Completely agree. Imo it contributes a lot to a reddit-like hivemind thinking where a big upvote number makes you engage with a comment/post a lot less critically, since you’re already facing social pressure to agree with something just from glancing at the upvote number before even reading any of the contents of the post. And on the opposite end, a shitty take with lots of upvotes can feel like the community piling on you. I don’t think turning them off undermines “the essence” of this site at all - I’ve had them turned off on the user end for ages and it doesn’t make this site any less enjoyable or useable - in fact I would argue it does exactly the opposite.