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Remove vote buttons?

  • Yes

    Votes: 219 29.3%
  • No

    Votes: 387 51.8%
  • Like Button Only

    Votes: 119 15.9%
  • Other

    Votes: 22 2.9%

  • Total voters
    747
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Wasn't this topic already discussed ? I believe it was. So now it's being discussed again with a new twist. Only an up vote .

I find myself scrolling through the posts that have zero votes and reading the ones that have an up vote .

Note that a certain someone feels the burning need to 'participate' in both discussions.
 
As other compared to: it's too much Facebook with only half-way voting. Next main page story might be "FB sue MR over up voting only" :eek:

Removing down-voting and keep only up-voting sounds not right. Both or none.
Actually I still believe a user-specific hide-option would be nice. I could opt in to see those buttons (and result) or not

But also thanks to MR team to still think about it and experiment.
 
I also think we should have both up and down voting, or no voting at all. Yes, there are some abuses of down voting, where someone down votes a post simply because they disagree with the opinion in that post, but those are usually counterbalanced by people up voting posts they think have been unfairly down voted. As for posts accumuating extreme down votes, they are usually those that are seen as trolling or are extremely disorganized and incoherent -- posts that espouse an unpopular opinion but are not trolling and are coherent and well-stated generally accumulate very few down votes.

Incidentally, this very thread is an example of how having only up voting can skwer perception. I've up voted every post I agree with, but because no one can down vote those posts, people who disagree with them have no direct way of expressing their disagreement. Their only recourse is to post their disagreement in separate posts, then hope others up vote those posts. This strikes me as unfair -- so I think we should have votes in both directions, or no voting at all.

I think the bolded sentence alone is enough reason to bring back down votes.
 
WTF :eek:

NOT removing vote buttons is leading in the poll. How is it that any change was made? Any chance this forum is headed by someone named Ahmadinejad?
 
I don't mind up-voting only. I usually run through the first page comments of a news story and vote on the ideas and thoughts are similar to mine. If I have something more to add, then I comment.
 
WTF :eek:

NOT removing vote buttons is leading in the poll. How is it that any change was made? Any chance this forum is headed by someone named Ahmadinejad?

#1: Add up the "Yes" and "Like button only", and they are greater than the "No" votes (I'm not even including the "Other" votes in this). That means that most people wanted something to change.

#2: this isn't a democracy. It's a privately owned website. The poll was started by another forum member, and at no time did this website say that the poll is binding. The owners/admins can do what they see fit. If they want to change the forum's skin color to pink, and the default font to Comic Sans, they can.
 
It's ok. You're allowed to "participate' in as many discussions as you want, whether you have a burning need or not.

Eh, the first time around was enough for me. I don't feel the need to rehash the same argument I had three hours albeit with a different term swapped in.
 
That's fudgy stats lol

The yes group also don't want the up vote
Which means that 52% favored removing the downvote button and 34% favored removing the upvote button, as well.

See, I interpreted that as "Remove only the Like button".
The OP explains the intent of the "Like Button Only" selection:
4) Maybe if arn doesn't want it completely removed we can be like Facebook, a like button, no dislike button.
 
#1: Add up the "Yes" and "Like button only", and they are greater than the "No" votes (I'm not even including the "Other" votes in this). That means that most people wanted something to change.

The Poll question is "Remove Vote Buttons?", so I would argue the "Like button only" means only remove the like button.
 
The Poll question is "Remove Vote Buttons?", so I would argue the "Like button only" means only remove the like button.

Argue all you want. That seems to be the theme of this thread.

This thread was created because of the controversy caused by the downvote button. Why would one of the options be to remove the upvote and keep the downvote?:rolleyes:
 
Which means that 52% favored removing the downvote button and 34% favored removing the upvote button, as well.


The OP explains the intent of the "Like Button Only" selection:

Or merely 34% wanted no buttons and only 18% of those polled want only the like. Seeing how both were options, that's the only way you can interpret it.

You can't assume that those who wanted no buttons inherently support just removing one as you are implying. There are many who have been saying both or none
 
Argue all you want. That seems to be the theme of this thread.

This thread was created because of the controversy caused by the downvote button. Why would one of the options be to remove the upvote and keep the downvote?:rolleyes:

The poll question is not unclear by itself and the OP is long winded. I misinterpreted the poll, and I usually only scan threads quickly. I imagine I am not the only one to make the same mistake.
 
Or merely 34% wanted no buttons and only 18% of those polled want only the like. Seeing how both were options, that's the only way you can interpret it.

You can't assume that those who wanted no buttons inherently support just removing one as you are implying. There are many who have been saying both or none

But you can assume that the people in those two categories wanted some sort of change to occur to the voting buttons.
 
Maybe, but not directly. It is debatable at best.
I believe you're the only one in 500+ posts over the past year who doesn't understand what "Like Button Only" means. It's quite evident to those who voted and those who participated.
Or merely 34% wanted no buttons and only 18% of those polled want only the like. Seeing how both were options, that's the only way you can interpret it.
No, because you can only vote once, not twice. If 34% want no buttons, that includes the downvote button. An additional 18% don't want the downvote button, but do want an upvote or "Like" button. So that's a total of 52% who don't want the downvote button.
 
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