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[–] toomuchcode 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago  (edited ago)

This is a (crazy?) idea I have been toying with: When you click the downvote button, a prompt comes up, where you must type the reason why you are downvoting - and if the reason isn't spam or something very nasty (personal attacks?), you risk losing your downvote privs.

People with disagreements should engage in the comments rather than seek an easy way out via internet points.

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[–] coinslists 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

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

I have to wonder if you should also need a reason for upvotes. Majority opinions being heavily upvoted is just as bad as dissenting opinions being heavily downvoted.

I never used Slashdot, but apparently it has some kind of system like that, with a handful of reasons something can be up/downvoted.

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[–] toomuchcode ago 

Yeah Slashdot does, and number of "positive" reasons you can choose from is larger than the "negative" (just Troll, Offtopic and Overrated IIRC).

The guidelines also stated "Focus on promoting rather than demoting" which is a mantra people on voat/reddit/whatever should really take on board.

Actually I think the more effective aspect there was that the points a post can have is limited to -1 to +5. If even only a small portion of people with mod points at the time shared there was a good chance of getting modded up, but little of going down.

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[–] weeeasles ago 

We should also be able to specify that the content was low quality, a shit post, or otherwise poorly executed.

For example, when some racist makes a part about blacks being naturally more violent, and uses statistics of incarceration rates to make their point. We know that in all actuality, income level has more of a meaningful correlation to violence etc. However the racists post wouldn't be a spam post, but it certainly wouldn't be fostering discussion in any honest or fair way.