RE: Poll: Flags or Downvotes?

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drutter in #poll • 6 years ago

No.

Oversimplifying the flag system into "downvotes" is unnecessary and will produce unwanted effects.

Flagging a post or comment is done for specific reasons, and should be a very rare occurrence. People upvote sometimes just to show agreement. Changing the flag system to "downvotes" would encourage those people (a majority of the users) to use them to show disagreement.

Currently, we tend to show disagreement by commenting and laying out our thoughts. With the proposed change, many people will skip commenting on things they disagree with (after all, that will just get you downvoted), in favour of just leaving a downvote.

Flagging is for inappropriate content, direct attacks, and not too much else. We shouldn't encourage overuse of that by calling them "downvotes" and changing the warning popup.

6 years ago in #poll by drutter

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girlsofgreen 6 years ago

We couldn't agree more, @Drutter. Thank you for saying something. Our hearts sunk when we found out. Remember when youtube went from a 5-star rating system and then just the more abused, dichotomous thumbs up or down? Anyway, the proof will be in the pudding that it's different: how many downvotes are going to be thrown around now compared to how often posts were flagged in the past? We rarely and appropriately used the flag system, and it worked, was a good system. Is Steemit becoming an Animal Farm?!

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fredrikaa 6 years ago

I think I should be able to read a well-written original article which content I really liked, but where if I find it over-valued by the current number of upvotes I should be able to downvote it for no other reasons than to tune down the end rewards to a level I agree with. Then leave a positive reply to engage with the content.

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sunlit7 6 years ago

One man's junk is another mans treasure, it shouldn't be up to you or anyone else to determine the value outside of not up voting. With all the bots running around on here and the ass kissers it wouldn't take long for a down vote that subtracts value to be used in the same way as a flag, it will even increase the amount of people who will be able to use it that way. For the platform to grow the punitive edge has to go.

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fredrikaa 6 years ago

Introducing downvotes next to upvotes should be accompanied by introducing a separate free downvote pool so that everyone can downvote without using their upvote mana.

Thus we could easily downvote obvious vote trading and also content promoted with bid bots that is not good.

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sunlit7 6 years ago

They are never going to implement something that will harm bid bot use; those bots are mainly run by and making a bundle for those who hold the power.

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drutter 6 years ago

It seems like you're kidding, your position is that ridiculous to me. But since you appear to be serious, I don't know what to do except shake my head.

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