Regarding the limitations of voting on this website.
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If anything, I'd recommend letting the people vote on how they want to go about this downvote limitation. Just a big poll with three options:
- Remove the restriction entirely. This is one of the main arguments in this post pointed out by Idyll. The restrictions themselves have proven to be frustrating to many on the website, and by removing said restrictions could allow people to express their disagreements much more. I was in a forums website much similar to this one and they never had to limit downvotes. That website had an audience arguably as adjacent as this one- yet they never called for such a thing. While getting rid of the downvoting limit could open the gate for more downvote bombing, those cases within themselves can easily be moderated and resolved upon proper reports.
- Keep the restrictions. Maybe not everyone on the platform is upset with the downvoting limitations and are rather content with said restrictions. If enough people vote for this, things will generally be kept the same. Nothing will change.
- Keep the restrictions, but allow more room for more downvotes. If this is voted in, there may have to be a secondary poll regarding a larger limit on downvotes per topic, post, or day. This will give the users of the website a choice on what and how they want in regards to those limits. Restrictions will not be entirely removed, rather the circumstances change.
Overall, this is just a suggestion. Additionally, I think that the whole "In order to start downvoting you need 50 posts and 200 rep" is ridiculous. I would prefer the rep limit being lowered, and if replies count as posts then I have no real issues with that aspect. In no way is this reply hostile, I'm just suggesting giving the community a chance to vote on how they want things
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If anything, I'd recommend letting the people vote on how they want to go about this downvote limitation. Just a big poll with three options:
- Remove the restriction entirely. This is one of the main arguments in this post pointed out by Idyll. The restrictions themselves have proven to be frustrating to many on the website, and by removing said restrictions could allow people to express their disagreements much more. I was in a forums website much similar to this one and they never had to limit downvotes. That website had an audience arguably as adjacent as this one- yet they never called for such a thing. While getting rid of the downvoting limit could open the gate for more downvote bombing, those cases within themselves can easily be moderated and resolved upon proper reports.
- Keep the restrictions. Maybe not everyone on the platform is upset with the downvoting limitations and are rather content with said restrictions. If enough people vote for this, things will generally be kept the same. Nothing will change.
- Keep the restrictions, but allow more room for more downvotes. If this is voted in, there may have to be a secondary poll regarding a larger limit on downvotes per topic, post, or day. This will give the users of the website a choice on what and how they want in regards to those limits. Restrictions will not be entirely removed, rather the circumstances change.
Overall, this is just a suggestion. Additionally, I think that the whole "In order to start downvoting you need 50 posts and 200 rep" is ridiculous. I would prefer the rep limit being lowered, and if replies count as posts then I have no real issues with that aspect. In no way is this reply hostile, I'm just suggesting giving the community a chance to vote on how they want things
@Araghie And the 7 day thing to upvote should probably be removed.I gotta wait a week to upvote
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@Araghie And the 7 day thing to upvote should probably be removed.I gotta wait a week to upvote
@Chicken Oh my, I wasn't aware of that. That's.. a peculiar choice that was made, to put lightly.
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@Chicken Oh my, I wasn't aware of that. That's.. a peculiar choice that was made, to put lightly.
@Araghie yeah I can't upvote any post until I've been a member for 7 days. It used to not be like this
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@Araghie yeah I can't upvote any post until I've been a member for 7 days. It used to not be like this
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@Araghie yeah I can't upvote any post until I've been a member for 7 days. It used to not be like this
@Chicken said in Regarding the limitations of voting on this website.:
@Araghie yeah I can't upvote any post until I've been a member for 7 days. It used to not be like this
I do not believe that is true as that's not even a NodeBB Setting. If it genuinely is, provide a screenshot of the pop-up showing you can not up-vote.
As far as tweaking the voting system, I will look over it and make the necessary changes to it once available.
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@Chicken said in Regarding the limitations of voting on this website.:
@Araghie yeah I can't upvote any post until I've been a member for 7 days. It used to not be like this
I do not believe that is true as that's not even a NodeBB Setting. If it genuinely is, provide a screenshot of the pop-up showing you can not up-vote.
As far as tweaking the voting system, I will look over it and make the necessary changes to it once available.
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