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Downvotes are from people who is in denial about where does milk comes from.
I'm shocked that this meme got 53% approval. Is it that bad or is this just the front page effect?
I think that's because your post showed in "All" tab (I found it there) and people are intolerant with the veganism cause
I myself am not a vegan, but I'm vegetarian and always got bullied by people trying to impose their diet to me or questioning why am I imposing mine to them, despite I never talk to them about my diet if I'm not questioned before.
I’m vegetarian and always got bullied by people trying to impose their diet to me
Sorry to hear that. Bullied by ominovores/meat-eaters or vegans?
Mostly ominovores
It's a great meme. I'd say yes you are getting downvotes due to the front page effect (i.e., non-members of this community coming across it on "all" and perpetuating their denial with a downvote). I think the approval rating and # of upvotes will increase as more members of the community check Lemmy and upvote.
I do think perhaps that calling attention to the inhumane practices in cow-derived milk might rattle non-vegans more than something about meat, in that perhaps there's a recognition of a moral cost to meat but many are naively under the belief that drinking cow-derived milk isn't wildly inhumane. I suppose there's a "gotcha!" aspect to the meme that is also likely to rattle non-vegans.
I see this as a for us, by us community, and I wouldn't be worried about downvotes by non-members; but I answered because I appreciate wanting to know why posts are voted on they way they are. I'm reluctant to mention this because I don't want to perpetuate the belief that Lemmy is North America- or US-centric, but you posted at what is 6am in North America's eastern time zone. I think there are more people viewing Lemmy by Subscribed or Local during business/daytime hours and more viewing by All in the middle of the night, etc. I moderate a pretty unpopular Canadian Football community, and I've found that downvotes will predominate if I post outside of business hours/during the night; that - combined with my own Lemmy habits - is what most of my reasoning above is based on. I predict this post will have net 15 upvotes a day from now :)
Thank you for the thorough data dump :P I'll try to optimize my posting times in the future haha
You're welcome :P Another good strategy is just don't fret about approval ratings before half a day has gone by. And thanks for contributing to the Lemmy vegan community <3
Personally I was confused for a good moment before I read the title. I don't really read titles when it comes to memes so I will guess same goes for other people too? Either that or lemmy has a problem with anti vegans.