Downvotes should solely be used as a swarm level of moderation for bad content and a necessary evil.
What it actually ends up with is the disagree button
on dissenting opinions most of the time. The voting itself is supposed to let quality content rise, tips instead towards a hive mind and the votes parody and kill the discussion. It feels bad, because it is stupid and of course the personal emotional level mentioned in other comments.
What works for a link aggregator doesn’t work for a forum. It is a shame forums moved into Discord and reddit. The old school way has actual advantages and unifying and improving the UI for forums would go a long way. Like federated forums, but not really, imagined Steam forums as a concept, but with the proven full fledged forum designs.
Downvotes should solely be used as a swarm level of moderation for bad content and a necessary evil.
What it actually ends up with is the disagree button on dissenting opinions most of the time. The voting itself is supposed to let quality content rise, tips instead towards a hive mind and the votes parody and kill the discussion. It feels bad, because it is stupid and of course the personal emotional level mentioned in other comments.
What works for a link aggregator doesn’t work for a forum. It is a shame forums moved into Discord and reddit. The old school way has actual advantages and unifying and improving the UI for forums would go a long way. Like federated forums, but not really, imagined Steam forums as a concept, but with the proven full fledged forum designs.