It became the only reliable source of information I had. People posted links with a minimal amount of commentary, picking and choosing the best content from other social media networks. They’re not doing it to “build a brand” because that’s not a thing in the Fediverse. It’s too disjointed to be a place to build a newsletter subscription base.

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[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Unfortunately the "attitude" system makes Piefed unusable.

[–] r4venw@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Whats the "attitude" system?

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

PieFed keeps track of how many upvotes and downvotes you give, displays that on your profile and if you downvote too much it takes away your downvote button. That happened to me after a weekend of use. This is Lemmy. There's a lot here that needs downvoting.

[–] NewNewAccount@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Are you downvoting to disagree or are you downvoting because it’s not contributing to the conversation?

[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

This question shows the inherent flaw with putting any value beyond the function of voting, which is just list ranking.

[–] NewNewAccount@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

As soon as it becomes infeasible to read every comment, downvoting to disagree creates echo chambers and encourages groupthink.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 hours ago

Agree, this seems completely toxic and ripe for abuse.