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uphillbothways,
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Same. Adding https://kbin.social/all to the list above.

uphillbothways,
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Have noticed that, too. Most haven't been consistent or repeatable enough to report, but these seemed like they were. Hopefully, Ernest has time to take a look at them soon enough.

uphillbothways, (edited )
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Yeah. It started yesterday for me.
Read something, I think, on another thread about Ernest, the admin, being away with family for the holiday. Might be somewhat limited functionality for a little bit. But, he's been pretty on top of things over the last few months. I'm sure he'll get it sorted out when he gets back.

uphillbothways,
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Added https://kbin.social/active

uphillbothways,
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Same. https://kbin.social/settings/notifications gives 404.
Assuming the admin is working on it at this point, according to this thread: https://kbin.social/m/kbinDevlog/t/729349/RTR-49-On-site-work

Yesterday, https://kbin.social/?p=1 & https://kbin.social/?p=5 weren't working...
Today it looks like https://kbin.social/?p=2 & https://kbin.social/?p=3 aren't working.
Something must be happening in the background... probably.

I'm starting to see some serious downsides to being able to see who downvotes you. (kbin.social)

A few days ago I downvoted someone's comment, and the next day I happened to notice every single comment I've ever made had at least one downvote. All from the person I dared to downvote the ONE time. I straight up asked why they did it, and they seem to think I'm an "obvious" troll account that "apparently just exist to...

uphillbothways, (edited )
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I don't see an issue here.

  1. try to explain your downvotes, or, better yet, voice your disagreement and have a discussion without relying on downvotes to express yourself. Use your words.
  2. when you feel it necessary and that using your words isn't working, upvote/boost everyone but the person in question. Realize downvotes don't really do what you'd hoped and are a poor crutch and means of expression. Elevate what you do agree with. Worry less about what you don't.
  3. just don't care about internet points. As others have said and covered extensively.

Hopefully, what remains is that conversations are important. Having an outlet for undescribed/unformed/ambiguous disagreement/dissent really doesn't add anything to anything for anyone. Making a point or saying something correct is more valuable than shooting down those you find to be incorrect. And, ultimately, it's not just what you think that matters. The consensus of the group and the conversation that gets them there, the experience and the interchange and the community itself are all much more valuable than the destination of a single conversation.

Edit: (And, for the record, while I disagree with your assessment, I've boosted and upvoted your thread, because I think the conversations being had here are valuable and worth seeing by more people.)

Request: Remove ability to 'boost' your own comments and threads (kbin.social)

The ability to 'boost' your own comments/threads has been used by a very small number of users in a way that seriously degrades conversation on the platform. These users constantly move their own contributions to the top of the conversation without regard to their value. If allowed to continue it will likely become standard for...

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I don't upvote/boost my own content on principle. What I've started doing instead when I notice it is boost every other top level comment in the thread to restore parity. That's the only way to make it make sense.

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