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[–] boater 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

This presupposes the feasibility of extremely active moderators existing for all subverses.

What about if we are dealing with a smaller subverse discussing a specific book or television series. Say, one where 90% users want to forbid posting spoiler comments in threads not explicitly labelled as allowing spoilers, but one in which there is no moderator on call 24 hours a day.

It would be much more efficient if these smaller communities retained the ability to conduct "soft modding" of comments in a decentralized and non-heirarchical manner rather, than having to turn over all power to hide comments over to a moderator which may either not exist or may not be able to keep up with the workload.

While brigading may be a problem on popular subverses, I think we can decrease the probability of it occurring by tweaking the functionality of the downvoting button without getting rid of it. I believe that disallowing downvotes entirely would case great harm to the ability of smaller subverses to hold structured conversations for a comparatively small gain.

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[–] umpaloompa 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

First of all subs in the likes of /r/SRS and /r/SRD should not be allowed here. If something happens in a sub mods of that particular subverse need to be transparent about it with their users.

A good idea would be to have approved downvoters as /r/polandball is practicing, which are appointed by the mods themselves. Maybe if you garner a specific amount a CCP/SCP in that specific subverse you can start downvoting content.

Although this actually what voat has done site wide I think this will help greatly for small subversers for keeping downvote brigades outside.

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[–] boater 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

If something happens in a sub mods of that particular subverse need to be transparent about it with their users

I am not discussing removing content or hard-modding. I am discussing collapsing it and soft-modding so that it starts as minimized in the default thread view. Ideally all participants in small subverses could participate in soft-modding comments blatantly violating that subverses explicitly defined sidebar rules (ex. spam, advertising, spoilers, porn, extreme gore).

keeping downvote brigades outside.

I believe my solution already strongly disincentives downvoating brigades without removing downvoating due to the three reasons mentioned here:

https://voat.co/v/ideasforvoat/comments/216460/657448

I believe that it's possible to have the best of both worlds and keep downvoats while disincentivizing brigadiers by simply changing the interface mechanic.