EDIT: Maybe just for comments? Downvoats may still help with content quality control
There is some good in the concept of downvoating however in practice we've seen and continue to see the primary use a downvoat button will be an "I disagree with this person" button.
Removing downvoating entirely will not negatively impact the site. Misinformation will still be called out and not upvoated, spammers should be reported(hoping for that report button one day), ass holes will be called out, irrelevant posts and comments will be ignored/receive very few if any upvoats or get reported.
Removing the downvoat ability would also deal with any future issues with brigades, which was a big issue on that other place.
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[–] umpaloompa 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
The problem with 100 CCP is that eventually most of the site will get 100 CCP which will results in the same effects it had on reddit:downvoting = disagreeing.
I prefer to have the report as spam button remove content. If more people have reported something as spam vs. the amount it was upvoted. Then we could actually get rid of downvotes.
The best thing we, as a community can do is to have 2-4 day trial and see how it works out and if people prefer the idea of no sort of downvoting.
[–] boater 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
What about for comments which violate sub verse specific rule violations, such as posting spoilers in a no-spoiler thread?
People will want some way to hide these comments, and removing the ability to downvote will remove the ability of communities to do this themselves and instead force them to rely on the presence of extremely active moderators.
I think the ideal solution is to change "downvoting" to "downmodding", where in order to "downmod" a comment, users must select an objective and specific rule that the comment has broken from a finite list of choices specific to each subverse.
Upon clicking the downmod arrow, what will happen is that the site will create either a drop-down menu or overlay containing a list of radio buttons. Then, in order for the downmod to go through, the user must select a specific rule violation from the list, ex. "spoilers", "only contains insults", "spam".
This could encourage users to be more objective and impartial with their downvotes, rather than using them subjectively in the same manner as they would upvotes. It would also allow different subverses to maintain different rules for downvoting, and allow for no downvoting in subverses with no rules.
[–] umpaloompa ago (edited ago)
That why we should have a report as spam button. It deletes the comment until a mod approves it to be a good comment.