This is a problem with the UI/UX of the website, which makes expertise on the matter ever more important. Thank you for your suggestions above and I agree with you.
As I've said many times before, no amount of reminders or convincing will ever change the general user's interaction with the down vote button. Up vote is agreement or positive content; down vote arrow is opposite to up vote, which in turn means disagreement or negative content. That's how it is on every web platform in existence and that will never change, no matter how many times we link to the voting FAQ. You cannot change a user's natural impulse. If they dislike an article, and they find an icon that reminds them of disagreement or negativity, they will click it. That will never change.
This is a problem with the UI/UX of the website, which makes expertise on the matter ever more important. Thank you for your suggestions above and I agree with you.
As I've said many times before, no amount of reminders or convincing will ever change the general user's interaction with the down vote button. Up vote is agreement or positive content; down vote arrow is opposite to up vote, which in turn means disagreement or negative content. That's how it is on every web platform in existence and that will never change, no matter how many times we link to the voting FAQ. You cannot change a user's natural impulse. If they dislike an article, and they find an icon that reminds them of disagreement or negativity, they will click it. That will never change.