I can’t say I never downvote anyone but I get into these comment chains from time to time where really no matter what I post whoever I’m talking to downvotes every response but I generally shy away from downvoting even things I dislike. I don’t want to fall into an echo chamber where all I see are only the things I agree with.
why the hell do you care about any of this?
maybe the better strategy is to not care about what internet strangers think about you?
Views, engagement and votes determine what people see and what they don’t as well as how they feel about it. What people see shapes their views. Their views shape their behavior. Their behavior shapes the world. It’s worthwhile for an online community to not become just another pointless echo chamber.
It’s worthwhile for men to respect when women want to gather on our own and talk about things without men’s voices.
I’m not sure that constitutes an echo chamber necessarily. Women alone obviously have very diverse opinions on topics, same for men and non-binary people. Now if there’s a specific narrative and everyone agrees and any disagreement or questioning is seen as an attack then that’s probably an echo chamber.
Oh you absolutely thought it did when you DMed me to argue about making sure the rules are being applied equally in womensstuff.
More so to apologize but yeah rules should be applied equally since there was another guy in those same threads although i don’t agree with the point they were making.
I’d be really curious to know if you DM other community members with the same concern after you’ve been reprimanded for breaking the rules.
I can send you my login credentials if you want.
Oh I have to do the work for you, can’t just be honest?
I do think it is weird how concerned you are about the rules being applied equally in a community that you aren’t even welcome in to begin with. It’s not your concern.
If a community wants to use downvotes as a way of communicating displeasure or rule breaking, that’s their prerogative.
according to who? you?
the vast majority of people disagree with you, and their votes count just as much as yours. they prefer the echo chamber.
Oh I most definitely understand people enjoy echo chambers. They haven’t become the norm by accident.