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[gazza61]

@Zee-Boo thanks for that much appreciated.

[mclaincausey]

I hate that the forum is playing the dopamine game with the upvote thing. Seems to have had such a terrible effect on human minds and society but perhaps that doesn’t apply here.

[Giles]

I have seen no evidence of differing overall behaviour, and I was severely against upvoting.

Now it is here, I do upvote what I consider to be outstanding posts.....

[sabergirl]

Never personally used that feature on any of the sites. Just don’t want to take the time.

[seawolf]

@mclaincausey I like that there's an upvote, but no downvote. So there's a way to say "hey, nice post!" without responding directly to it, and there's no downvote option, which seems punitive.

[Giles]

Good balanced view....Notice I did not say nice....

[mclaincausey]

I don’t think the downvotes matter. It’s the upvotes and associated approval seeking that have been shown to be psychologically damaging. Whatever; I ignore them.

[goosehd]

@mclaincausey I wish to give you 100 upvotes

[Tago Mago]

@goosehd you are a bad man. No upvote for you!

[goosehd]

@Tago-Mago It's just that I think McLain is nice

[Tago Mago]

@goosehd With the greatest respect, I almost agree

[Seul]

I mainly upvote out of spite.

[goosehd]

When I used to do performance reviews, I always wanted to add "marginally adequate" to a few peoples year end summary...

[goosehd]

It is a shame that so many people have chased upvotes as a key to their social status and success. I don't know if it is a leftover from when everyone wanted to be an influencer or something else.

[A Former User]

We can find a problem in anything if we look hard enough.. the better question is: why do we have upvotes? Can you live with it? Then use it. If not: don’t use it. It’s a choice not a must. To much negativity otherwise. Stay with yourself

[SKT]

I’ve never had a Facebook account. I’m a fan of Cal Newport’s work in Digital Minimalism and I’ve never participated in what would be considered an online social media upvote culture…except for here. Here I throw around upvotes like candy at a parade ‘cause I figure if you managed to roll out of bed and take the time to post on a VERY specific denim forum you deserve some acknowledgment.

Also, I think Iron Heart probably IS the dopamine game for a lot of forum members. Which reminds me, when’s the next drop?!

[Giles]

Upvoted, because it made me laugh and bought me joy. What wouldn't I want to acknowledge that....

[SKT]

Ha! I’ll take that upvote

[Giles]

Before we had digital upvoting, anything I read out loud to Paula was effectively my upvote......

[seawolf]

@Giles this is honestly the best way to describe it, in my opinion. To me, it’s not about clout, it’s about acknowledging appreciation. At least that’s how I see it here. Other corners of the internet use upvoting much differently. This community is more about sharing common interests than it is about being a social media platform.