• barsoap@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Their value lies in their meaning which is telling everyone how much something got upvoted or downvoted.

      Really, it’s a simple concept.

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          1 year ago

          In the same sense that a smile and a frown have no value, possibly. But that’s rather nihilist.

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            1 year ago

            When smiles and frowns can be manipulated via bots … I’ll agree… but until then, especially on instances that believe communism works, they’re beyond useless. Hell many instances disable downvotes so those people can’t downvote anyway.