Man believes in stories. Such as religion, or money, or companies.

Ref. Yuval Noah Harari.

Thank you for this approximate description of most Nordic countries.

No! I want my illusion of choice!

Lanolin

I can relate. The audiobook is what worked for me. Audible | YouTube

A copy of Sapiens.

You raise a fair point. Hiding downvotes could help avoid bandwagon negativity, as users may be less inclined to pile on additional downvotes. However, I still believe transparency should take priority over these concerns.

Showing the full picture - both upvotes and downvotes separately - allows users to more accurately judge content quality and community sentiment. I think we should trust users to make reasoned judgments, rather than hide data from them. A slight potential increase in negativity seems a small price to pay for maintaining transparency and accountability on Lemmy.

Edit: I do agree that displaying a relative percentage, as you mention, could serve as a compromise.

Thank you for the explanation ❤️

My hidden read posts in Sync comes back, when I refresh. Maybe a bug -_-

This missing feature is absolutely crucial for transparency.

Big tech industries are hiding downvotes, which obfuscates the true value of shared content in the eyes of the users. I was excited to see Lemmy natively going against this trend, and saddened to see that it’s not featured in sync (yet?).

Separated votes are a crucial Lemmy feature if you ask me. Hoping that this will be implemented as an option in Sync.