• sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf
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    11 months ago

    I would say that voting isn’t actually different from posting/commenting. It’s a process whereby a user takes part in a discussion/topic/post. In an ideal world, everyone would post, but we shouldn’t act like active people who don’t feel like they have anything to say explicitly, aren’t here.

    • imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works
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      11 months ago

      Totally agree. Even when two commenters are replying to one another, there is always another layer where they are also addressing everyone in the thread/community/instance/fediverse, which obviously includes lurkers.

      The votes shape everything about the platform, so ignoring the lurkers in the stats feels like it’s missing an important data point.