Because to me, they seem like de facto "Agree and “Disagree” buttons, whether or not it was the intent.

  • dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    28 days ago

    Sometimes. I think the meaning of the arrows are somewhat contextual.

    Downvoting spam for example isn’t “disagreement”, but it is a kind of disapproval.

    Upvoting your post isn’t “agreement”, but I do it because I think it’s an interesting question (maybe a kind of approval)?

    If we generalized I guess we could ask whether upvotes are always relating positive emotion and downvotes always relating negative emotion?

    • papalonian@lemmy.world
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      28 days ago

      That is, are upvotes “yays” and downvotes “boos”?

      I still upvote posts in news communities informing me of terrible things, so upvote isn’t necessarily a yay. Downvote might be boo, though