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Proposal to eliminate "downvoting" of posts
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Add my "upvote" for the removal of "downvotes". I seriously hate them, and find them to be a big pain.
Seriously, the only time I find them useful is when I laugh when I see *LTD* has -20 votes to his post. And that's a really lousy reason for wanting something (and it goes against forum rules of singling someone specific out).
Seriously, the only time I find them useful is when I laugh when I see *LTD* has -20 votes to his post. And that's a really lousy reason for wanting something (and it goes against forum rules of singling someone specific out).
I posted two examples, just two posts below his. See post #14 and pay better attention next time.
I don't think people want a "hate" button on FB, but as you have noted, many (most) people would prefer to have an "unlike" or similar button
Here we have the equivalent, and some people don't want one
That shouldn't be a shock
People have differing opinions on things
Matte or glossy
11" or 13"
MBA or MBP
Windows or OS X
Android or iOS
Paper or plastic
It is called life, and most of us learn to deal with the fact that not everyone shares our opinion
...your fellow moderator disagrees:
I doubt that's true. Source?
The point that MacDawg is making is people have different opinions and call it what you want, but I'd like an unlike button. Call it hate, call it unlike it does not matter but I'd like something that is the opposite of like
As for moderators dissenting, we are members and have our own opinions, we may or may not agree on topics and that does not prove anything other then what MacDawg stated we may not always agree with people
As for moderators dissenting, we are members and have our own opinions, we may or may not agree on topics and that does not prove anything other then what MacDawg stated we may not always agree with people
your point?
we all have our opinions, which is my point
anecdotal
feel free to disagree, that's what we do on the internet
You're forgetting that MacRumors is not a democracy. The community doesn't vote on every new forum feature, and this is one of the main reasons why your position as moderator exists in the first place. Mods sometimes have to make decisions because a user can't make the right one.
Just because a lot of people want to be able to downvote doesn't mean it's a good feature. I think the fact that the system is abused as much as it is would indicate that.
Unlike and dislike are different. One is the negation of a positive, the other is an affirmation of a negative. If you have a "Like" button, you're only able to show agreement and imply positive setements. If you have a "Dislike" (-) button, you can spread your negativity.
They're very different, and I disagree with the use of a button of negativity.
Ok, let me be more precise then. I, like many of my FB friends would like a dislike (or hate or whatever) button that is the opposite of like. Yes a negative voting mechanism. At this point there is no such mechanism and given how FB makes money and sponsors/advertisers are intertwined with the site, I doubt there ever will be one.
And just yesterday you had no idea why there was no dislike button:
Now all of a sudden it's because of sponsors and advertisers?
I thought voting up/voting down on a comment was for if you agreed/disagreed with it, not whether it was a high quality post or written lyke dis<3.
There is "community", and there are all kinds of fanatics. You can get +100 for the greatest nonsense and -100 for the greatest wisdom on earth if you agree or disagree with the right group of fanatics. In which case that vote gives an interesting indication of what kind of people are voting.
I agree. Community is not a static idea here. Its composition changes from sub-forum to sub-forum even on this site. It is interesting to note that each sub-forum doesn't use the up/down vote system for the same purposes (contrast PRSI with Mac Programming). Then you have people who up/down vote not on the content of the post but for other reasons altogether.
I tend to find these things interesting, and I enjoy observing the various patterns.
I don't think removing downvoting is going to solve any of the problems though. You could still get +100 votes for complete nonsense and without the ability for the sensible community members to "correct" it. Finally, I have to admit that--being the internet and all--people shouldn't take an up or down vote of any magnitude to be particularly informative.
To be honest, I really don't give a crap one way or another what happens to this system. I only joined the conversation to be the devil's advocate, and because I still don't understand why people put so much stock in the system from the start.
It is not necessarily informative for the purposes that one might assume it would be. It isn't like an up vote only system is going to be any more informative.
I don't know why it exists?? I don't see a point in any of it.
I've just noticed 2 downvotes on a post in which I asked for help today ! I'm unsubscribing forthwith as it makes me feel uncomfortable and I don't know what i did wrong. I only asked for help. People were good enough to respond. But if others think I'm wasting valuable time, then I don't want to be here.
Just been into user control panel but can't find any option to unsubscribe - how do you unsubscribe?
Just been into user control panel but can't find any option to unsubscribe - how do you unsubscribe?
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thanks; seems like you can't actually cancel though, you just have to stop logging in, unsubscribe from thread update notifications, edit contact details, and allow the account to become inactive. Would have preferred a cancel option.
That is quite unfortunate, and I hope s/he reconsiders.
On the other hand, I would humbly suggest that s/he is taking it way too personally. The internet is not a friendly place: much less friendly than two downvotes on an otherwise friendly community website.
Eliminating the downvotes is a small and easy step MacRumors can take to make it a little less unfriendly.
If you don't know what you did wrong, what makes you think you did anything wrong at all? Votes, up or down, often say more about the voter than about the post that was voted on.
I remember a few Page 1 adventures from months ago from users that wanted it in the first place. Now I see them get down voted to no end...
Such is life.
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