Archived Only people who comment should be allowed to voat on posts (ideasforvoat)
submitted ago by Thisismyvoatusername
Posted by: Thisismyvoatusername
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Archived on: 8/20/2017 10:00:00 AM
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9 upvotes, 6 downvotes (60% upvoted it)
Archived Only people who comment should be allowed to voat on posts (ideasforvoat)
submitted ago by Thisismyvoatusername
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[–] Kleyno 0 points 9 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago
We discussed this some time ago, but it was thought it would just increase the amount of one word comments.
[–] Owlchemy 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
This is true. But the idea does has merit, as I said way back. The vote system is just a remnant of Reddit we could easily live without.
[–] Thisismyvoatusername [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
What do you think about making the voaters known? Should they be hidden?
Added benefit is it would be hard to hide bots or shills if we knew how/when/how fast they voated.
[–] Kleyno 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
That was also suggested, and the problem people felt with that one was that it would create people running around the site downvoating each other because they've seen that person has downvoated them recently.
[–] disvergence 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
This
(Please don't kill me)
[–] HarlandKornfeld14 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
If think that would lead to unnecessarily crowded threads. I don't like to comment in crowded threads.
[–] Thisismyvoatusername [S] ago
Do you object to log that shows you voated up or down?
[–] HarlandKornfeld14 ago
I don't think it's necessary. Normally it's pretty easy to spot those employing voat manipulation, they normally aren't very smart or subtle.
[–] VIP740 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Not a bad idea. Without context, I would simply interpret an upvoat to mean 'I agree', and a downvoat to indicate disagreement. It may just be more convenient to click the arrow, rather than type a reply that will only clutter the thread with redundant comments. I'm with you on making the identity of the voters transparent though.
[–] Le_Squish 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Encourages low effort comments.
[–] MeGrimlock4 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Every post:
"cool" "interesting" "nice" "comment to upvoat" "upvoat" "upvoat comment"
[–] Merve 1 point 1 point 2 points (+2|-1) ago
I down vote you and disagree.
[–] Thisismyvoatusername [S] ago (edited ago)
I upvoat you. I love you. And thanks for voting.
[–] Merve 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago
Lol much love, I didn't vote though I'm fresh out :)