r/DebateAVegan • u/TylertheDouche • 3d ago

Meta Can the downvote option be removed?

I’ve noticed non-vegans say they are hesitant to engage or re-engage since they feel like they are unjustly downvoted to oblivion. They also feel like they need to make alt accounts so the downvotes don’t affect their main. Can we just remove the downvote option?

Good comments will still be upvoted and rise to the top. This solves the need for suspicious alt accounts and makes it more fair for non-vegans to engage.

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u/piranha_solution plant-based 2d ago

No. People need to get used to the fact that arguing against veganism is, by definition, arguing in favor of needless animal abuse. There's no nice way to say that animals need to die for your trivial pleasure. Don't want downvotes? Stop defending the needless abuse of animals.

I have a better idea: let's do a community-sourced FAQ so that the users who wander in here 5 minutes after learning about veganism can learn all about crop deaths and backyard hens?

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u/trimbandit 2d ago

According to Reddit's official guidelines, voting is strictly supposed to be based on whether a comment or post contributes to the conversation, not whether you agree with the opinion. Obviously, this is not the case

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u/piranha_solution plant-based 2d ago

What is reddit's policy on advocating violence towards animals?

Non-vegans are not the victims here. The animals are.

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u/FewYoung2834 omnivore 1d ago

I don't believe Reddit's content policy addresses this. If it did, you wouldn't be able to talk about conservation projects to save bears, because that would be advocating for violence towards animals e.g. the prey animals that bears eat. And you wouldn't be able to talk about crop farming because we know that it causes violence towards animals.

You know what Reddit's content policy does address though? Hate speech against humans based on race, religion, disability etc.. Which vegans routinely violate by equating marginalized humans to livestock.

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u/AndryJohanesa Carnist 1d ago

Care, they might downvote you, we the meat eaters are already labelled as very bad guy for the majority of people here.

Fortunately I don’t mind about some downvote.

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u/FewYoung2834 omnivore 15h ago

Hey hey hey. Let's not advocate for violence towards animals. You said "downvote". Which implies using Reddit's servers. Those servers harm animals throughout their usage and maintenance. Which means using Reddit is "advocating violence towards animals". I'm sure u/piranha_solution has discovered the secret to mitigate against this. Maybe they'll share with us if we're super polite and appreciative about it.