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I’d asume someone downvoted, then removed the downvote. The original downvote didn’t get through, but the reversal did. Something like that
I do that constantly by misclicking.
If you use Voyager or some other front end that uses gestures on a touchscreen, you can sometimes accidentally up or downvote when scrolling or navigating.
That’s my guess too.
My guess is that the dislike was removed.
Someone put in the vote?
I think from something I observed a couple of weeks ago, someone (or a couple people) downvoted and then their account was deleted or banned.
Removed by mod
Why wouldn’t you upvote the effort someone made to inform or provide content?
Also the fediverse has a very diverse crowd, many of which are disabled. Language like retarded is frowned upon.
I’m a non native English speaker, could you please explain the link between “retarded” and disabled people? I’ve always seen it used as an insult.
Oh I see, thanks. The word looks like “arriéré” in French (which means, from wiktionary : “backwards (behind current trends)”), I thought they had the same meaning. It’s worth mentioning what “retarded” means, when you ask someone not to use it, they may have similar assumptions.
I wonder what it is about the term “retarded” especially that provokes so strong negative feelings in certain people but not “idiot”, “moron” or “imbecille” though all four terms have been used as mental health diagnosis in the past
I think the vitriol that comes with the term “retarded” is different. People often make faces or try to sound intellectually disabled when they say it. It gets gross in a way that the other terms don’t match.
I imagine it was because none of those terms were attributed to mental disability.
Perhaps you should google that
https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/moron-idiot-imbecile-offensive-history
