Why are we allowed to downvote before reading the post itself

TeCoolMage·11/11/2017, 12:52:32 AM·7 votes·1,818 views

So first off, the point of downvotes is to get rid of trolls and spammers. This clearly isn't the case for the LoL boards users, the occasional troll title post won't get upvoted to the front page where everyone is looking anyway so that's not a problem.

Most posts have more information in them. It's not always easy to just look at the title and know exactly what arguments are going to be presented. Even if you do have a good idea, not looking through them anyway is still a very condescending and overall close minded thing to do.

Can we please make it so that you have to actually click on the post to vote on it? The front page should not be an instant circle jerk, and the recent page should not be the playground of which the sociopaths decide what gets buried for all eternity and what gets fed to the front page. One or to three downvotes should not hide the post unless someone clicks 'more posts' at least three times to dig it up.

9 Comments

YHWH Adonai11/13/2017, 3:30:40 PM2 votes

Agreed. If you don't read content, how can you be sure what exactly are you downwoting?

About trolls. I think there is possible that there are trolls who are downvoting everything, just to make their topics more visible or just for fun.

Fresh Untilted11/11/2017, 4:36:49 AM1 votes

That's a good idea for the long haul, but for now, why not just give us some subforums where voting is disabled (this is currently possible, because they already have New player subforum over on EUW).

Ahri Body Pillow11/17/2017, 12:59:36 AM1 votes

That is not the sole function of votes.... Theyre to say whether you agree or disagree with the point being made in the post.

Friendly Ram11/17/2017, 2:56:01 AM1 votes

You can normally get a good idea on how the post is going to go from the hover preview, though i think some boards such as C&C can benefit from the change it's not for all boards.

0 Hogapu11/18/2017, 11:52:22 AM1 votes

Why are we allowed to upvote before reading the post itself

is also a thing

ModWuks12/3/2017, 5:37:30 AM1 votes

We're currently rolling out a change that works to mitigate this issue. You'll notice it on a few sub-boards, including this one, but we're gearing up to roll out to the remainder of the sub-boards and Boards front page soon!

You can read more about these changes here:

https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/general-discussion/2i5YU4c5-planned-changes-to-boards-voting-and-chronological-view