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Looking at my own posts that get hit with downsats, I’m starting to see a pattern.
They’re not low-effort or copy/paste.
They tend to:
- cross domains (tech + religion + politics)
- make big-picture connections
- and probably jump to conclusions faster than some people are comfortable with
That’s on me to some extent.
At the same time, if the reaction is to downzap before engaging, it’s hard to tell whether the signal is “low quality” or just “high friction.”
Feels like there’s a difference there worth talking about.
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I checked some of my old posts, to see if they were downzapped. There were a few, but only very minor amounts, on some of my old carnivore posts.
But now there's crazy high downs zaps occurring on anything that is anti-zionist or anti-iran war.
Check out some of my previous posts to learn how to make downs zaps more visible on stacker news with a browser extension.