DandomRude@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoHow come posts on Lemmy often have fewer upvotes than the comments in the thread, even if they merely provide additional information or expand on the idea?message-squaremessage-square13linkfedilinkarrow-up177arrow-down14
arrow-up173arrow-down1message-squareHow come posts on Lemmy often have fewer upvotes than the comments in the thread, even if they merely provide additional information or expand on the idea?DandomRude@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square13linkfedilink
minus-squareFit_Series_573@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·2 days agoConversation > Number of upvotes on a post. Similar to old reddit when upvotes didn’t matter as much but the information in said post did which would end up having the top few comments having more upvotes than the most itself.
minus-squareDalacos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 days agoThere are certainly times I’d rather have 50 comments and 5 upvotes than 50 upvotes and 5 comments.
Conversation > Number of upvotes on a post. Similar to old reddit when upvotes didn’t matter as much but the information in said post did which would end up having the top few comments having more upvotes than the most itself.
There are certainly times I’d rather have 50 comments and 5 upvotes than 50 upvotes and 5 comments.