All posts, good and bad, get disliked in this board
Just figured I should point this out, since it says a lot about this community. Negativity and toxicity are by far number 1 around here.
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But... If it is actuslly a good post... Then why does it have dislikes?
Doesn't having a lot of dislikes make it a bad post?
The reason that 99% of posts her get dislikes is because they are from the toxic people themselves, who use boards to flame others when they can no longer do it ingame due to a ban.
Actually, it doesn't say a damn thing except what a couple of numbers are. Let's take this post -
Right now it has 633 views, 5 comments, 7 downvotes, and 1 upvote. Please take a look at how extremely small those numbers are compared to the number of people who read the post.
Negativity and toxicity are by far number 1 around here.
Nobody is required to agree with a poster. A downvote is a mechanic of the site to say "I don't agree with this." It's not positive, negative, toxic, or not toxic. It is just a statement of disagreement. 7 downvotes out of 633 views is just over 1%. It's tiny.
The majority of posts are negative and toxic, filled with hyperbolic exaggeration and insults, and so people downvote them because people dont like the toxic negativity. Youre right. It is number 1 around here, DESPITE the fact that those posts get downvoted like hell. People just keep coming here to spew their bullshit hatred, just like your post here right now.
It doesn't really when you actually consider most of the community doesn't come to the forums. The forums, Reddit, Twitter... Whatever kind of media players use is actually only a very small fraction. The game has 60 million + players, and no where near that many interact outside the game.
It largely depends on how the posts are structured and topic.
If the topic is complaining how the OP (not you) feels they should be able to flame someone they think is trolling. It will get downvoted because many people who visit this board simply disagree with that.
If the topic is about how poor the Gameplay detection system is for Gameplay offenses, and doesn't actually have any feasible suggestions on how to improve it. Making it just a rant basically, it will be downvoted.
If the post is a positive one like "I made it to Honor 3 after grtting H0" then it will probably be upvoted. As positive news is usually a nice thing.
If the post is asking to be unbanned from a perm. It will probably be downvoted because "1. Perm; and 2. We aren't Riot Support"
If the post is a "I got banned for feeding" and we can't see anything immediately off via match history/op.gg stats; it will probably be upvoted. Up until someone watches the replay, if ranked, and provides more information.
If something is formatted as a Wall of Text, it is getting downvoted for 2 reasons probably.
- Hurts many peoples 👀.
- Is sometimes difficult to follow ideas.
If the post is about a change to the system and has the idea(s) presented in a reasonable manner and OP demonstrates a willingness to actually discuss the topic; it will likely be upvoted.
Just figured I should point this out, since it says a lot about this community. Negativity and toxicity are by far number 1 around here.
You can actually have a intelligent conversation here but you just have to ignore the down votes. And all the dumb little/college kids flaming/trolling the forums. It's sad that numbers are all that matter now and not what a person has to say. Words have lost their meaning on the internet apparently. Therefore why we have lost all freedoms on the internet. Most forums are dictated by a dumb vote system and mob like community.
imagine caring about votes lmao