I think this is important, and yet, I feel that the opposite also needs to be pointed out—please don’t disengage / not vote, just because something was shared by a friend / person who inspires you / whomever.
Basically, I see the failure mode of people disengaging from voting because of being afraid that it might be vote brigading due to the way they got notified of the post, or particular comment, being kind of on a slippery slope to getting there—but not getting their honest opinion reflected in the votes would be just as bad.
So yeah, don’t vote brigade, but if you do genuinely feel something should be up- or downvoted on its own merit, then please do so, no matter how you ended up in a place to see this content.
I think this is important, and yet, I feel that the opposite also needs to be pointed out—please don’t disengage / not vote, just because something was shared by a friend / person who inspires you / whomever.
Basically, I see the failure mode of people disengaging from voting because of being afraid that it might be vote brigading due to the way they got notified of the post, or particular comment, being kind of on a slippery slope to getting there—but not getting their honest opinion reflected in the votes would be just as bad.
So yeah, don’t vote brigade, but if you do genuinely feel something should be up- or downvoted on its own merit, then please do so, no matter how you ended up in a place to see this content.