It feels like this is very intense here compared to other social media services/protocols.

Why is that?

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          Just cite any hard data on an issue, like population numbers, or economic stuff.

          If it challenges or disproves someone’s point, they will claim it’s a lie, and/or report you for trolling.

          That or they will go find some other data that is biased to show you how ‘wrong’ you are or claim it’s all part of a ‘conspiracy’. Because the US census is a conspiracy.

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      Well, it’s really more than that.
      Due to the nature of Lemmy, where all the data is public in lemvotes, I’ve come to consider a downvote a personal fuk-u, signed from me.
      And sometimes I absolutely do want to deliver that direct message to another user, and so I do use downvotes. I do so fully aware that the person I’m judging may judge me in return.

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        all the data is public in lemvotes

        not all, its defederated from .ml for example

        However if you’re an admin on any instance you can still freely see votes

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          Hmm. Interesting. But I act as if my actions are completely public in all places in Lemmy.
          Really. I’ve been using this nick for 35 years. I’ve published a few things.
          Wouldn’t be too hard to track me down and make my life hell. It would be best if that doesn’t happen.
          I don’t hold back with my feedback to idiots online, but I avoid crusaders, and carefully consider my downvotes.