We should bring back downvotes

[french_fry_guy]

I get how it can be irritating to be downvoted bombed but it’s almost as immature to remove them as the downvote bombing was in the first place. It doesn’t make sense that we aren’t allowed to express emotion that is SLIGHTLY negative but we can upvote? And even then those have a limit. Just a thought but we shouldn’t have limits for upvoting and we should have a 3 limit for downvotes per topic. People will be immature, it’s the internet, but is removing it all together really any better?
(Please don’t get mad at me for this, it’s mostly just my opinion but I wanted to speak out about it)

[st4tic]

@french_fry_guy at least to me, the downvote bombing thing just means you said something a lot of people disagree with. if some people are doing it on random comments of yours because they simply don't like you, why not prevent /them/ from using the system instead of disabling it for everyone? that's what moderation is for, anyways.

besides, it's only natural for it to happen and if people are mad because their virtual number count decreased by a small bit, that might be a sign you're not mature enough for the internet, sorry

and no, this isn't directed at anyone specifically

[french_fry_guy]

@st4tic Fr though. Criticism isn’t a bad thing and if a lot of people downvote your topic then that just shows they disagree.

[st4tic]

yeah removing a simple and harmless way to disagree with others is just blatantly stupid at best. the very reason a lot of threads are locked is because people can't keep their mouths shut and start arguments without thinking before they act

[Idyll]

Finally! Somebody else who agrees this whole fiasco was unnecessary. Downvotes need to come back. You can't have one but remove the other. Either keep both, or remove both. A function should not be removed just because a few bad apples weren't responsible with it.

[french_fry_guy]

@st4tic AND THE LIMITS!! If you like more than 5 things on a topic then you should be allowed to upvote it!

[french_fry_guy]

And sorry if I come off as irritated, it’s just starting to get on my nerves.

[st4tic]

exactly, and it's funny how following the same thought process they used as an excuse to remove downvotes, you could very well upvote an user's post to make their reputation skyrocket (especially considering, you know, the upvote limit is way higher than downvotes, which if i'm not mistaken is 50 per day), but nobody talks about that.

instead, let's label someone getting up to the 5-downvote limit, which is TEN TIMES SMALLER, as "downvote abuse" and remove the only peaceful way of disagreeing with users. how brilliant!

[french_fry_guy]

@Idyll Fr

[french_fry_guy]

@st4tic honestly, it pmo bad

[french_fry_guy]

If this post becomes my first locked post I’m actually gonna be upset because I’m expressing an opinion

[st4tic]

@french_fry_guy i get why it would because it's fuckin stupid

and just in general, the fact they focused on censoring swears (even those that don't have sexual connotations) and removing downvotes instead of actually fixing the site is crazy

[st4tic]

this site nowadays is just like an image a certain friend made

[Yanderemenhera]

just gonna repost this^^ 🥰

[st4tic]

@Yanderemenhera "freaky tongue emoji" </3

[Yanderemenhera]

if someone is truly being downvote bombed on this forum and they have not done anything and people are like, down voting them because they are gay or something like that, (highly unlikely given our userbase being woke LGBTQ teenagers ) I feel like that's a separate moderation issue aside from "o0o0o0opppp~ looks like this person is getting a bunch of downvotes" and is more of a hateful discrimination issue like if someone called someone else a slur under a post.

I think there's not any real argument to not adding them back but one of sheer laziness and stupidity tbh.

[st4tic]

@Yanderemenhera to be fair, i got downvoted on random posts once by a certain deleted user for no reason. that didn't move me at all, especially because i was already being upvoted after that.

being offended because someone has the potential to remove a measly 5 internet points from your account per day is just stupid to me, especially for people that already have over a hundred rep in total. everybody get your shit together

[Noctis]

We need downvotes back to even out the upvotes, obviously if there are people that are downvoting you randomly we need to ask why, downvotes has not been a problem because its either agree or disagree

[Yanderemenhera]

@st4tic yep, couldn't agree with you more

[Noctis]

We should make a group for people who have permission to downvote