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Video game news oriented community. No NanoUFO is not a bot :)

Posts.

  1. News oriented content (general reviews, previews or retrospectives allowed).
  2. Broad discussion posts (preferably not only about a specific game).
  3. No humor/memes etc..
  4. No affiliate links
  5. No advertising.
  6. No clickbait, editorialized, sensational titles. State the game in question in the title. No all caps.
  7. No self promotion.
  8. No duplicate posts, newer post will be deleted unless there is more discussion in one of the posts.
  9. No politics.

Comments.

  1. No personal attacks.
  2. Obey instance rules.
  3. No low effort comments(one or two words, emoji etc..)
  4. Please use spoiler tags for spoilers.

My goal is just to have a community where people can go and see what new game news is out for the day and comment on it.

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[–] hypnicjerk@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago (3 children)

did you know that there's a button on each comment which is purpose built for you to express this exact sentiment? i've provided a helpful diagram:

[–] hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] hypnicjerk@lemmy.world -1 points 1 week ago

thank you, it's an honor just to be nominated

[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You know if you don't think a comment adds to the discussion there's a purpose built button for you to express that exact sentiment? It's right below the one you pointed out in your very helpful diagram.

[–] hypnicjerk@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

you're adorable, but i think we can all agree that making an effort to help other users contribute positively to the platform is itself a positive contribution.

[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I really hope you're not suggesting that you honestly think someone didn't know about the upvote button? What a silly thing to imply that your sarcastic comment was supposed to be in some way actually helpful to someone.

[–] hypnicjerk@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

i like to give people the benefit of the doubt.

i understand that you don't appreciate my tone but i'm afraid i won't be able to kneecap my natural charm in order to be less intimidating to you.

[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It's not that I don't like your tone, I'm always down for a sarcastic quip. What I don't like is dishonest people. You must think we're all incredibly stupid if you expect anyone to believe your intent was to help by pointing out the upvote button.

I do admire your confidence, however misplaced, and your commitment to embodying your username though.

[–] Isoprenoid@programming.dev 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Up and down votes are not a "agree / disagree" button. They are for dis/encouraging posts. You can upvote a post you disagree with but can see that it is useful for the discussion.

I'm pretty sure that ship has sailed, especially on Lemmy. I feel like votes as agreement instead of acknowledging constructiveness is more prevalent here than on Reddit, especially for anything vaguely political (or AI, Musk, etc). I've seen very constructive comments complete with citations and everything get heavily downvoted because they go against whatever the popular position is, while a low-effort comment next to it gets heavily upvoted because it agrees with the popular opinion.

It's really frustrating, and I wish we had a platform that properly rewarded constructive discussion instead of popular discussion. Yet here we are.