Why is the disagree button removed from some posts? What's the criteria for when it shows and when it's hidden?
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Disagree Button
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The disagree button only appears in MacRumors News Discussion threads.
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Just curious, why is that?The disagree button only appears in MacRumors News Discussion threads.
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Apple_Robert
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At this point, it is in test mode. MR wants to make sure the feature isn’t abused.
It would be nice if it came to regular forum threads just because sometimes I disagree with a post but I’m too lazy to explain why or I feel like it’s obvious why. But then I could see people overusing it and never giving explanations and conversations wouldn’t go anywhere.
velocityg4
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I've seen people get down voted for asking a question about the article. Which seems a misapplication of the feature.
Apple_Robert
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Maybe people should have a limited number of downvotes to give. Like 3 per week and no rollovers haha.
velocityg4
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I wasn't aware it broke the rules. I just figured I'd be giving the mods extra work for no reason.
Apple_Robert
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Dislike button
Reasoning behind the disagree button - It's only on news stories - News stories have a ranked "top" comments under the news article. - Without negative feedback, it's impossible for a comment to get removed from the page. - Disagree gives some feedback mechanism and some balance to the voting...
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