I’ve been so used to judging a post just by its popularity on reddit, but it’s actually so much more useful to have an idea of the downvote ratio. I’m glad we have that here.

It was a scandal when it disappeared from YouTube, but I didn’t realize it was missing from Reddit too for much longer!

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    1 year ago

    I see what you’re saying, but I don’t understand why you find any value (or usefulness) in seeing what people think of it. What do you learn if a lot of people have agreed with it, disagreed with it, or if the opinion is split?

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      1 year ago

      Well, different post categories indicate different meanings (usefulness).

      For example, in political communities, I can get a rough estimate of the majority of users’ views/ideologies regarding a specific topic.