Hey all, genuine question — I’ve been browsing this sub a lot recently and noticed something odd.
Many threads have lots of views and decent discussion, but a large number of comments (even helpful or thoughtful ones) sit at zero or very low upvotes. Not everything obviously, but often enough that it stands out compared to other subs.
I’m wondering:
Is this just normal behavior for this community (less upvoting culture)?
Or is it winter mood / seasonal blues kicking in?
Or maybe the general economic and social situation affecting people’s tone and engagement?
Not trying to criticize — just curious about how others experience this sub and the culture here.
Interested to hear your thoughts 🙂



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7 comments

  1. It has been like that for a very long time. R/suomi doesn’t look as toxic as that. 

  3. It’s the coldest and darkest time of winter, “hyvä hallitusohjelma” constantly increases vitutus, and a lot of us just got back to work from the holidays, so yeah. Everyone’s a bit grumpy, nothing to necessarily worry about.

  4. I think many of the downvoted posts are things that could be solved in a google search, so they deserve downvotes 😀

  5. Always been like that. Also people annoyed at the constant flood of questions where it’s clear OP has spent little to no effort on figuring it out themselves and just wants someone else to do the work for them.

  6. Where I can book husky snow mobile aurora hunt safari in Helsinki in July and what kind of winter boots I need? I only have 45 minute layover.

  7. I’ve never upvoted a topic tbh, I’m just here for things that interest me. Sometimes I will upvote an individual post if somebody gives a funny/insightful opinion.
    Rarely will I downvote anything, even if I strongly disagree with it or they argue against me.

    I have noticed THAT happens a lot. If you have a view that doesn’t line up with the “norm”, you’ll get downvoted a lot even if you back that opinion with facts, just because people don’t want to hear it.
    I’d like to see less of that, but I’m not deciding for others what to do and I guess it’s not like karma means anything.

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