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

In addition to spreading misinformation, we're bound to have people who post malicious content (e.g. gore in an inappropriate sub), and it is useful to have a mechanism to suppress those links or comments.

The one drawback is that people can and do use the downvoats to express disagreement, which leads to echo-chambers and circlejerks. Perhaps we could allow the Mods for a particular sub to regulate whether downvoats are allowed instead of making it a site-wide issue?

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

Personally, my biggest gripe with the downvoat system is brigading against a user or subreddit or ideology, which sort of fits into disagreement. The problem I have with allowing Mods to regulate only is that it relies on having good mods. Some guy mgiht make a sub that becomes hugely popular but doesn't hire good mods or care to regulate it (we've seen it a lot over at reddit), which means that these sub's will have no effective regulation. It could also lead to suppression of content/censorship.

We'd see threads like "This mod has been suppresing users and censoring any time they try to speak up!" and even though the post would be well intention, you know what would happen because of it? Brigading.

This is why I'm not really for removing the power from the users entirely.

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[–] forbidden_arts ago 

We're already beholden to having "good" mods.

In a sub like /v/news or /v/politics (which, on the predecessor site generate a lot of content), I'd argue that downvoats should be disabled or restricted, because expressing an unpopular opinion shouldn't cause a user to get fucked over.

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[–] 12_Years_A_Toucan [S] 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago 

Thoughts on leaving it for posts but not comments? Comments are easier to simply call out

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[–] forbidden_arts ago 

I'm just not sold on the idea of removing it, because honestly I don't really see the point.

If there's a sub that generates a massive amount of content and traffic, ignored posts would sink (almost) as fast as those being downvoated. If a sub doesn't have a lot, then obviously downvoats would have more of an impact, but that's useful when you have a tightly knitted group as a lot of small subs do.

I understand the argument you're making, and I think in certain instances it holds true, which is really why it should be decided by Mods and not by Admins.