I agree and instead of downvote have a report button. If the downvote button is to remove content that adds nothing to the discussion then those comments should probably be removed anyway. People are less likely to report posts if someone else has to read them (the mods) and sees who did the reporting. Therefore it would only be used when a post does have to be removed.
I don't like the term "report" for the button. I see that and think the person has posted something threatening or racist and so it's alerting the admin/mods about the behavior. The only downvote I remember giving was for a comment that was only 'Murica! There's nothing threatening or racist about it, but I find that a waste of a post, plus I find the term terrible, being used to dismiss a population of Americans who, while I disagree with them, may have a good point about the constitution if you bother to listen to them. But is it worthy of a mod's attention if i "report"ed it?
Maybe the tags should be changed to something like "Well Said!" vs "Poorly Written" or something like that.
Are the posts in question removed immediately or after admin review? Both ways could be problematic:
- Immediate removal gets rid of unpopular opinions quickly. Even if the removed posts / comments are reinstated later by admins, chance is the discussion is already over.
- Moderation queue has the same problem in reverse: bad content isn't removed fast enough, and site users are still subjected to it.
I agree and instead of downvote have a report button. If the downvote button is to remove content that adds nothing to the discussion then those comments should probably be removed anyway. People are less likely to report posts if someone else has to read them (the mods) and sees who did the reporting. Therefore it would only be used when a post does have to be removed.
I don't like the term "report" for the button. I see that and think the person has posted something threatening or racist and so it's alerting the admin/mods about the behavior. The only downvote I remember giving was for a comment that was only 'Murica! There's nothing threatening or racist about it, but I find that a waste of a post, plus I find the term terrible, being used to dismiss a population of Americans who, while I disagree with them, may have a good point about the constitution if you bother to listen to them. But is it worthy of a mod's attention if i "report"ed it?
Maybe the tags should be changed to something like "Well Said!" vs "Poorly Written" or something like that.
Are the posts in question removed immediately or after admin review? Both ways could be problematic:
- Immediate removal gets rid of unpopular opinions quickly. Even if the removed posts / comments are reinstated later by admins, chance is the discussion is already over.
- Moderation queue has the same problem in reverse: bad content isn't removed fast enough, and site users are still subjected to it.