Downvoting posts needs to be removed

Thanatas·3/28/2018, 2:14:50 AM·4 votes·251 views

there's no real reason behind it other than to bury a post you don't agree with. the idea behind it is good, in the sense that it was meant to be used to discourage bad posts that are inflammatory by nature, and provide no real discussion. but in actual application its used as "HURR WUT U SAID I DONT AGREE WITH HERE DOWNVOET BROH" leads to severe circlejerking where only posts sustaining said circlejerk get seen, while plenty of well thought out posts get downvoted before they even get read based on the title.

5 Comments

MagicFlyingLlama3/28/2018, 3:28:27 AM4 votes

Sounds like someone gets downvoted a lot..

A Nunu3/28/2018, 2:41:21 AM3 votes

I've always believed that to be an absolutely stupid idea. At one point, they actually did it. I hated it, and so did many others. I'm keeping my opinion.

YokoNomi3/28/2018, 2:18:32 AM2 votes

Half the time on the forums, I'm just grumpy enough due to lack of sleep to be rather uncouth with my words. Sometimes I'd like to disagree with posts without having to resort to that. I think it's unfair to assume that some who down vote do it with neglect, though it's undeniable that it's a possibility. Regardless, the feature does have its uses, and I'd rather keep it.

Xonra3/28/2018, 8:58:37 AM2 votes

Then you would see the most whiny, pointless, troll posts right on the front with everything else.

Just because you get downvoted doesn't mean there shouldn't be the ability to downvote.

I've been downvoted plenty, some justified, some people just like trolling downvotes, but suggesting to remove it makes no sense.

Dope Solo3/28/2018, 3:08:43 AM1 votes

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