Thanks for writing this up. I saw people asking for upvotes a couple of times e.g. on Slack channels, from people I’m fairly sure are well-meaning and cooperative and who just haven’t considered the problems this behavior causes. I never said something because I had the suspicion they are pretty self-conscious about getting up/downvotes and about posting on the forum in general (to which I can relate :D), and starting a conversation that touches on those issues seemed a bit too much every time.
Thanks for the comment. I agree that well-meaning and cooperative people sometimes end up vote-brigading (or borderline), and I imagine that there are people who might read this and feel quite bad. I really don’t want that.
I’m just hoping that we can make lots of people aware of this to prevent accidental/uninformed/absent-minded cases of this happening.
(Then we’d still be left with clearer-cut cases of uncooperative behavior, but if nothing else, the people being asked to vote-brigade might be able to warn the mods more easily with increased awareness of the problem.)
Thanks for this—I recently voted on a post more along the lines of supporting my friends/colleagues than on objective value. This has helped me realise I didn’t think things through enough!
Thanks for writing this up. I saw people asking for upvotes a couple of times e.g. on Slack channels, from people I’m fairly sure are well-meaning and cooperative and who just haven’t considered the problems this behavior causes. I never said something because I had the suspicion they are pretty self-conscious about getting up/downvotes and about posting on the forum in general (to which I can relate :D), and starting a conversation that touches on those issues seemed a bit too much every time.
Thanks for the comment. I agree that well-meaning and cooperative people sometimes end up vote-brigading (or borderline), and I imagine that there are people who might read this and feel quite bad. I really don’t want that.
I’m just hoping that we can make lots of people aware of this to prevent accidental/uninformed/absent-minded cases of this happening.
(Then we’d still be left with clearer-cut cases of uncooperative behavior, but if nothing else, the people being asked to vote-brigade might be able to warn the mods more easily with increased awareness of the problem.)
Thanks for this—I recently voted on a post more along the lines of supporting my friends/colleagues than on objective value. This has helped me realise I didn’t think things through enough!
FWIW, different communities treat it differently. It’s a no-go to ask for upvotes at https://hckrnews.com/ but is highly encouraged at https://producthunt.com/.