CIRCLE WITH A DOT

@lina (my personal opinion is that the internet-led rise of fascism shows every opinion should not be treated equally and trolling should be actively disincentivzed, but clearly a lot of people still have that naive 2000s belief that more&flatter communication will usher in the techno-optimist utopia)

@lina my theory: the kind of grump who can't understand the value of modern workflows (discord-like UIs) is ALSO the kind of grump who pines for old-school un-ranked internet discussions (usenet/forums).

I don't use lobste.rs but if these users are the target audience then this incentive structure is a feature because the users may truly believe that "controversial opinions are worth listening to"; the lack of downvotes is therefore not a design consideration but a philosophical one.