Title. “lmao internet points” and all, but what is the point of participating in a community that sees assumptions and other commonly non-harmful commentaries/posts as “bad” this easily? Do folks in here are really that needy of self-validation, even if it means seeking such from something completely insignificant like internet points? I mean, if I wanted to have a “stepping on eggs” experience with someone (i.e “one false step, and everything breaks apart”), I’d look for a random chick to meet in a bar.
That, or “we reddit now”.
Why are so many people suddenly worried about down votes? They don’t matter. You get nothing for a lot of upvotes, and you get nothing for a lot of downvotes. If you’re so concerned about votes, I think that’s a serious issue that you need to overcome, or you’re going to have a very hard time in life.
I’d argue that having a negative reputation could affect (some) people’s behavior here as well.
The lemmy devs don’t want this to happen. I think they removed (or are going to remove) the API for getting total score. All the apps recently removed that feature, so you can’t even check without adding up all of votes on someone’s comments/posts.