Even that wouldn’t stop a stubborn narcissist.

That’s not really true when ads are in the mix

It’s just red squares for me what does it look like to you?

I agree with you from the context of YouTube, and perhaps I am misinderstanding Lemmy, but I don’t think it has any sort of similar engagement mechanism?

The issue with YouTube is the desire to push “engaging” content even if that content sucks or is actively incendiary.

The Reddthat instance that I’m on also has disabled down voting which I’m also all for. On Reddit, down voting very often became a tool for vocalizing what you disagreed with rather than a low effort or inappropriate post.