The real meaning of the jester

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"I don't like this opinion, but I'm too unintelligent and cowardly to actually respond and contribute to the discussion. Therefore, I'm just going to anonymously "downvote" it like I always do on Reddit."

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Chaosolous の投稿を引用：

AerSilver ♞ の投稿を引用：

:BigClownSmile:
Costs nothing with zero risks.

I see your Steam emoticon and I raise you by one 🤡

🤡🤡🤡

Sometimes I just leave comments like this if I don't want the OP to get 200 points.

[Pipe]

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nagu_al の投稿を引用：

There are brainwashed victims on reddit who will actually send you suicide support links if you post against their programming. They must think they are really clever like that.

Or maybe you got that message because you expressed intentions of harming yourself or others?

no no, he's right
https://reddit.com/r/ModSupport/comments/1csrh1b/an_update_on_recent_misuse_of_reddit_cares/

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Crashed の投稿を引用：

Or maybe you got that message because you expressed intentions of harming yourself or others?

no no, he's right
https://reddit.com/r/ModSupport/comments/1csrh1b/an_update_on_recent_misuse_of_reddit_cares/

Was it in the past few weeks or so? This apparently was an unusual event they detected and mitigated.

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Crashed の投稿を引用：

Pipe の投稿を引用：

no no, he's right
https://reddit.com/r/ModSupport/comments/1csrh1b/an_update_on_recent_misuse_of_reddit_cares/

Was it in the past few weeks or so? This apparently was an unusual event they detected and mitigated.

There's usually a lag time of 3-10 years between an exploit being discovered and exploited and the company itself finding out about it.

Then another 3-10 years before they admit they knew about it, to make it look like it just happened.

[Crusader (Banned13x)]

"I think this person is sensitive enough to have their feelings hurt by a stranger on the internet, just like I am, so I'll leave my head on their post/profile".

[always superspecial]

Jester bait

[talemore]

I never thought I'd be dancing side by side with a jester 🤡

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Chaosolous の投稿を引用：

It actually means "I'm too dumb to know I'm rewarding behavior I don't like."

That's more it I think
Or, actually, in some cases I think it is a "thanks for the laugh" award

[pants]

i thought it meant "i really like your posting please have my points that you can spend on some things you will never, ever want"

[Haruspex]

For someone responding in good faith, responding is kind of a commitment. You have to be prepared to follow up any counter argument with well-formed counter-counter arguments, preferably with sources.

That's a little daunting for many, so a quick downvote is a good way to express your disagreement without getting roped into an exhausting argument with people most likely not even arguing in good faith.

I do agree that the fact the jester provides useless internet points to "award" the receiver is a little counter-productive to the intent of the sender. The proliferation of "jester farming" usually makes disengagement and blocking a much more productive use of one's time.

[Poyzo]

OP is correct to some degree. It is a reason, but not always THE reason. I was on a game forum (Lies of P) and said that game was my GOTY for 2023 when that discussion was happening. Well, I guess the Baulder's Gate community must have been looking at who else was nominated and getting looked at during that time and Lies of P must have popped up. Because anybody who said any other game besides Baulder's Gate for GOTY 2023 got a Jester award.

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Chaosolous の投稿を引用：

It actually means "I'm too dumb to know I'm rewarding behavior I don't like."

That's more it I think
Or, actually, in some cases I think it is a "thanks for the laugh" award

That's secondary. They can't live without a downvote option so much that it's even worth the points.

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Haruspex の投稿を引用：

For someone responding in good faith, responding is kind of a commitment. You have to be prepared to follow up any counter argument with well-formed counter-counter arguments, preferably with sources.

That's a little daunting for many, so a quick downvote is a good way to express your disagreement without getting roped into an exhausting argument with people most likely not even arguing in good faith.

I do agree that the fact the jester provides useless internet points to "award" the receiver is a little counter-productive to the intent of the sender. The proliferation of "jester farming" usually makes disengagement and blocking a much more productive use of one's time.

But "I disagree" is not saying anything. It belongs to reddit-like 'thinking', where they believe that a thing becomes more true the more popular it is. Also, it is anonymous. Likes on Twitter for example are not, you can see who liked your tweet.

[Haruspex]

ghost の投稿を引用：

But "I disagree" is not saying anything. It belongs to reddit-like 'thinking', where they believe that a thing becomes more true the more popular it is. Also, it is anonymous. Likes on Twitter for example are not, you can see who liked your tweet.

We'll just say it's a lazy man's way to argue. Express your disagreement without needing to actually do the work of argument.

You are right in that popularity is not necessarily truth, but it is still a useful metric. Like any statistic, how the numbers came to be is just as important, if not more so than the numbers themselves.

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Haruspex の投稿を引用：

ghost の投稿を引用：

But "I disagree" is not saying anything. It belongs to reddit-like 'thinking', where they believe that a thing becomes more true the more popular it is. Also, it is anonymous. Likes on Twitter for example are not, you can see who liked your tweet.

We'll just say it's a lazy man's way to argue. Express your disagreement without needing to actually do the work of argument.

You are right in that popularity is not necessarily truth, but it is still a useful metric. Like any statistic, how the numbers came to be is just as important, if not more so than the numbers themselves.

It's just a metric for how popular it is, that's my point. For arriving at the truth, only actual arguments are valid. "I disagree" is not, even if the whole world except you says it.