I don’t downvote (At least not intentionally, but if I fall asleep while holding my there can be some accidental taps). Even if something seems somewhat offensive to me.

On the other hand, I don’t upvote as much as I think I should.

When a meme is funny enough to send to my wife, upvote.

When I see that one dude post his daily game screenshot, downvote.

I am simple man.

Up: comment adds to conversation or makes me laugh

Down: comment talks about upvotes/downvotes, is hateful, is blatant misinformation, is just a gif, is completely unrelated to the conversation, is a clickbait video with a clickbait thumbnail

No vote: everything else.

Up: I like it or agree
Down: I dislike it or disagree.

I universally downvote things that objectify women

Upvote:

• Something I like
• Something I agree with
• Something funny
• A great point for an opposing view

Neutral:

• Something I don’t care about
• Something I agree with, but is incoherent/ confusing
• Things I disagree with, but is politely presented and has decent arguments

Downvote:

• Something I think is trolling/Bigotry
• Agendaposting
• Something I agree with, but has terrible argument or presented in an offensive way
• Something I disagree with, and is incoherent/confusing/presented in an offensive way
• If the post/comment is so confusing I don’t even know which side they are arguing for
• Wildly Offtopic for the thread/comunity

inciting violence, no matter against whom (people seem to forget this is a straight up crime, sometimes a felony)

Just gonna repeat what I said about this in another thread about this:

It is illegal only if it is reasonably going to trigger or calls for any immediate lawlessness. Like straight up trying to get a bunch of people together to knock-over a convenience store or actually organizing a murder.

Saying “man, I wish this evil son of a bitch took a round in the face” is not such a time.

upvote: comment is interesting or funny

downvote: user is being rude (try not to downvote people I disagree with)

Upvote if I think it’s high effort, no-vote for most, downvote if wrong or it’s misleading.

Downvotes for spammers, spreading misinformation disinformation and propaganda, know it all comments which starts with" by the way or actually,etc" in a condescending manner. Also for people targeting one person specifically and trying to to make a offensive sarcastic joke in a way so they don’t get banned.

I downvote if it looks like they are posting in bad faith. I’ll upvote some comments that I disagree with if the poster was trying to contribute to the conversation – I usually do that to offset the fact that they’ve been downvoted a bunch already.

Many of the communities I’m in are fairly small, so I upvote almost every comment that I read. I figure it lets someone know that someone else read what they wrote, and I think that’s what a lot of us are here for.

Upvote: I’d like to see/read more of this. Downvote: I’d like to see/read less of this.

I only upvote if something is actually worth upvoting, which basically depends on my mood. I rarely upvote.
I downvote low-effort, some reposts, posting things on comms where they don’t really fit (or they are forcing it to fit, like posting social media screenshots in any of the many memes comms), opinion pieces posted as news, misinformation/propaganda about my country, clickbait… I downvote a lot.
The rest I just read or check and keep moving, I don’t believe in upvoting everything just to make comms feel alive.

Vibe. That’s it. I just vibe vote.

To me upvote/downvote means approval/disapproval, not necesarily agree/disagree. So I’ve upvoted different posts and comments with different points of view if they are argumented well for and polite.

I do not vote when I skimm the post/comment.

That is basically it.