But Raycu's points are all valid, and it doesn't read like they're against you or anything. I think that thread definitely prompted a need to have a discussion about the downvote system, which was your initial point if I remember correctly :) It's a nice Idea to try and elevate Snapzu's systems to all they can be, before a flood of new users make rules like the downvote only when bad content useless, like on other site. If we can rework the system to be a system for constructive criticism, and not a disagree button, that'd be great!
As for my view on things:
The upvote system already servers the purpose of weeding out the best content and sending it to the top. A downvote currently acts much the same way, but with added force, which really isn't all that usefull.
Why not make the downvote give a reason for the downvote, which could be transparent to the owner of the comment.
Exemple:
This comment has 5 downvotes:
3x Harassing
1x unconstructive (does not contribute)
1x Bad Language
Reasons I see would be a downvote:
Harassment (covers hate speech and racism and others), Does not contribute to the discussion, Violent language, spam, Troll, Over self-promoting, Does not belong to the tribe.
So even if you got a lashing today Voyager, you really started a debate that we, as a community, needs to have. So thanks man.
But Raycu's points are all valid, and it doesn't read like they're against you or anything. I think that thread definitely prompted a need to have a discussion about the downvote system, which was your initial point if I remember correctly :) It's a nice Idea to try and elevate Snapzu's systems to all they can be, before a flood of new users make rules like the downvote only when bad content useless, like on other site. If we can rework the system to be a system for constructive criticism, and not a disagree button, that'd be great!
As for my view on things:
The upvote system already servers the purpose of weeding out the best content and sending it to the top. A downvote currently acts much the same way, but with added force, which really isn't all that usefull.
Why not make the downvote give a reason for the downvote, which could be transparent to the owner of the comment.
Exemple:
This comment has 5 downvotes:
3x Harassing
1x unconstructive (does not contribute) 1x Bad Language
Reasons I see would be a downvote:
Harassment (covers hate speech and racism and others), Does not contribute to the discussion, Violent language, spam, Troll, Over self-promoting, Does not belong to the tribe.
So even if you got a lashing today Voyager, you really started a debate that we, as a community, needs to have. So thanks man.