hey. i know my account age is 4 years, but i made this account and then basically forgot about it. i’ve only been posting and commenting for a week or so, maybe two. anyway, on most social media platforms, you post something and it starts out with 0 likes. liking your own post or comment is seen as weird. it’s my understanding that upvotes and downvotes are less of a clout system/way to show approval necessarily and more of a way to push content upstream or downstream if that makes sense. i know i might be seen as overthinking this but i’m genuinely just curious. what’s the deal with this?
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This happens to every user. Its automatic and there isn't a setting to disable this.
This upvote also doesn't count towards karma (see what is karma common question here).
If you do remove it most users are going to interpret that as "oh someone already disliked this content" and potentially start out with a negative mindset before reading a word.
So don't overthink it and don't waste time removing it.
thanks! makes sense
Don't get too twisted in knots about it and you'll be okay
You're not overthinking, it's a very common question here if you look it up!
oh really?? my bad!! i can tell this sub (understandably) has some annoyance with redundant / frequently asked questions. i hope i didnt contribute to that lol
On the contrary, I didn't mean it negatively. My point was that your question is valid.
oh!! well thank you for the help lol
You can't remove it. It will revert if you refresh the page. It may remove the coloured arrow signifying you voted, but the count will revert.
oh!!! i was wondering why it kept doing that lmao
I removed them at first but I got really tired of doing it really fast.