<p>Downvotes reduce engagement by scaring off first-time posters.</p>
<p>Instead of adding downvotes to your site, build <em>specific</em> tools that handle specific kinds of unwanted posts.</p>
<p>(This post is a distillation & refinement of some thoughts originally posted in <ahref="https://twitter.com/mcmillen/status/1310998579184574465?s=20">a Twitter thread</a> in September 2020.)</p>
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<p>Feel free to reply to <ahref="https://twitter.com/mcmillen/status/1418010991913230336">my post on Twitter</a> about this article. Thanks!</p>
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<p>Downvotes reduce engagement by scaring off first-time posters.</p>
<p>Instead of adding downvotes to your site, build <em>specific</em> tools that handle specific kinds of unwanted posts.</p>
<p>(This post is a distillation & refinement of some thoughts originally posted in <a href="https://twitter.com/mcmillen/status/1310998579184574465?s=20">a Twitter thread</a> in September 2020.)</p>
<h2 id="comments">Comments?</h2>
<p>Feel free to reply to <a href="https://twitter.com/mcmillen/status/1418010991913230336">my post on Twitter</a> about this article. Thanks!</p>