did downvotes get turned off?

[thatguy]

I havent been seeing the downvote button and only the upvote one so im wondering if it was turned off. Im just curious lol

[Yanderemenhera]

yes

[thatguy]

@Yanderemenhera i guess we gotta kill them with kindness then

[Raven]

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[Noctis]

I bet its annoying for raven to keep referring this post I will keep this in mind

[Kam]

imo no one is abusing it yall just keep posting stupid shiit and everyones tired of it

whaaa who said that

[ShuriKitty]

@Kam Truth Nuke

[st4tic]

@Kam if people are abusing the downvote system (which you could only use FIVE A DAY, btw-) why not seek out the individual people who do it and prevent them from downvoting instead of manually disabling them for EVERYONE?

a lot of threads are locked because people don't just remain silent while disagreeing, they're overly vocal about it and it results in arguments. if i'm being honest, i'm pretty sure that if people just had the will to shut up and downvote, little to no fights would insue

[st4tic]

also, as a fellow friend mentioned quite a few times, it makes no sense to keep upvotes but remove downvotes, either keep both or remove both

[Noctis]

I guess I will just

[Noctis]

Just no appreciation

[Yanderemenhera]

I think downvotes being removed is kinda funny, my opinion is quite close to @kam 's.

if you post something shitty or you're dramafarming, what do you expect? also, rep doesn't really mean much of anything on here, and the argument of "mod's have to see something with 5 downvotes" is kinda not on the users but on the administration themselves for even adding that as a feature.

if I reply with a thumbs down or with a reply expressing my dislike of hate of something, how is that any better than down voting?

and the "targeting individuals" thing is a fair point, but you have to stop and ask yourself, "what did they do to be 'targeted' so to speak, are they doing something to piss others off?" and yeah, maybe someone might downvote some modain topic due to them being bigoted or something, but I feel like that's a separate issue.

at the end of the day though, are downvotes really that serious, or are we being overdramatic about numbers on a screen.