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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[–] boater 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
Downvoting is essential for comments in the instance that a comment contains spoilers in a no-spoiler comment thread in discussions about books, shows, or movies. Using comments to highlight something as spoilers without the ability for the post to become hidden would only make the spoiler worse. This is just one use case.
I think the ideal solution is to simply change the mechanic of the downvote button so that it requires the user to select the subverse specific rule which the comment has violated each time they press the button:
https://voat.co/v/ideasforvoat/comments/216460/656153