Dear Riot, Please require comments in order to downvote posts.

Elite4Runner·5/7/2016, 9:59:09 PM·6 votes·444 views

Title pretty much says it all, but this is something I strongly think your forums need. This would really cut down on the number of trolls who downvote EVERYTHING. It may not stop someone from commenting something irrelevant and then downvoting anyways, but it will at least identify those who don't have a legit reason to downvote. And I am referring to the vote for the main thread, not necessarily comments. Although, it would be nice to require them there too, but I don't think it is as important.

And I'm even confident that I will get needless downvotes on this too, even though there is no reason to. This would be such a good change.

24 Comments

BeatzBoyFTW5/8/2016, 3:33:06 AM3 votes

If I see one more thread which is:

a permaban thread.
a champion needing nerfs/buffs, but only provides less than 10 words in the content.
telling riot to go fuck themselves for "stealing their money" or "imbalance game".
Lyless's threads.
Mage Update whiners who got rekt by one last game.

I'll just downvote them right away, they're not worth my time reading. But since you're trying to protest so hard, Imma give you my one upvote.

71883083DEL15/8/2016, 3:29:38 AM2 votes

This would make no sense to do >:(

Do you not understand people on the boards aren't simply put 'trolling' but they actually do care about the game and what others say about it?

They downvote and don't need to talk in order to show their opinions, simply put. Introducing this to the boards would cause a HUGE bump rate and make good posts hard to find, the boards are fine the way they are.

Friendly Ram5/7/2016, 10:35:31 PM2 votes

i can agree to that. upvoted.

Elite4Runner5/8/2016, 9:35:19 PM1 votes

True, and I wouldn't be opposed to it being required for both, but I don't think it would be as useful in some cases for upvotes because it is possible that someone agree 100% and feels that no comment is necessary.

Like I said, I don't feel as though my ideas are above criticism. In fact, I know they aren't, but I want to hear them. I think it's only fair that if someone feels they can smash my ideas into oblivon, I should at least get to hear what they don't like about them. Maybe my idea is simply flawed and I can fix it. Maybe there was something I left out or didn't explain properly. ...

PDE5 Inhib5/8/2016, 9:36:56 PM1 votes

And you would get responses like this:

no . sd k

Elite4Runner5/8/2016, 11:27:08 PM1 votes

No, it does make sense, because then I would have 11 downvotes and 11 comments. Maybe 5 would be valid and 6 would be absolute bullshit. I would know that only 5 of those downvotes are even relevant and they would provide me with some information as to why they didn't like my idea. Unfortunately, from an outside perspective, my post still wouldn't get any real attention, but it helps me. If someone actually bothered enough to look and read the comments at that point they would also know that I have got a lot of unduly negative votes. Hell, if a Riot employee were to stop by (although unlikely with a -11) they would see that those people are just being trolls, and if there were such a thing as a punishment for such things, they could drop the hammer on them. If this were to ultimately discourage people from even downvoting if they had nothing to say GREAT! Mission accomplished!

I wouldn't care because I would KNOW they are being trolls. Without a comment, I don't know if someone is simply being a troll or if they have an actual opinion, or what it is.

Elite4Runner5/9/2016, 12:32:43 AM1 votes

And I see posts where people are asking for advice and they get a downvote. Come on, seriously?!?!

Elite4Runner5/8/2016, 8:41:18 PM1 votes

For example, based on the current total, -4, there are at least two up votes that I know of because they commented and the 1 from default, that means there have been at least 7 downvotes and only 1 comment to say why.

IcyPepper5/8/2016, 8:45:18 PM1 votes

ANd somehow upvotes are okay without comments?

Both downvotes and upvotes have their sheep/mob mentality, you know.

And I'm even confident that I will get needless downvotes on this too, even though there is no reason to

And I downvoted you. And gave a reason for it. So there.