One thing that I noticed on Reddit was just how easy it was to get downvoted. I remember getting badly downvoted just because I voiced an unpopular opinion (I was basically just talking about how I didn't understand why people take sport so seriously). I think people should be very careful with their downvotes. I think good Snapzu etiquette should be that you shouldn't downvote something just because you disagree with it. We need differences of opinion, otherwise discussion cannot happen, and you just get the only most popular opinions showing up.
I think voting etiquette should be conducted in the following manner: If you like something, you vote it up. If you don't like something, you simply don't vote. You only vote something down if it's really bad, like if the person is being really nasty or if the content is really poor quality.
I'll give you an example. Let's say you posted a music video for some jazz. Now, I'm not particularly a fan of jazz, but that's no reason to downvote it, I just won't upvote it. However, if the link was to a YouTube video that had since been taken down, or if the video quality was poor, or if the video featured footage of a child being abused, those would be situations where I would downvote it.
There may even be instances where I want to actually upvote a comment I disagree with, to keep alive the chance to debate the topic with them. I have done this with content too. I see something and really have an opinion against it, so I upvote it to keep the discussion alive .
As for the whole Cringepics issue, would the simplest thing be to just have a rule that you can't mock anyone else on Snapzu? It has to be people from other sites, e.g. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube. I agree that people should refrain from bullying behaviour, but I think you do have to be careful about rules regarding what tribes should be available, because that's dictating what people are allowed to be entertained by. I think it's a tricky area. If you let the bu...
One thing that I noticed on Reddit was just how easy it was to get downvoted. I remember getting badly downvoted just because I voiced an unpopular opinion (I was basically just talking about how I didn't understand why people take sport so seriously). I think people should be very careful with their downvotes. I think good Snapzu etiquette should be that you shouldn't downvote something just because you disagree with it. We need differences of opinion, otherwise discussion cannot happen, and you just get the only most popular opinions showing up.
I think voting etiquette should be conducted in the following manner: If you like something, you vote it up. If you don't like something, you simply don't vote. You only vote something down if it's really bad, like if the person is being really nasty or if the content is really poor quality.
I'll give you an example. Let's say you posted a music video for some jazz. Now, I'm not particularly a fan of jazz, but that's no reason to downvote it, I just won't upvote it. However, if the link was to a YouTube video that had since been taken down, or if the video quality was poor, or if the video featured footage of a child being abused, those would be situations where I would downvote it.
There may even be instances where I want to actually upvote a comment I disagree with, to keep alive the chance to debate the topic with them. I have done this with content too. I see something and really have an opinion against it, so I upvote it to keep the discussion alive .
As for the whole Cringepics issue, would the simplest thing be to just have a rule that you can't mock anyone else on Snapzu? It has to be people from other sites, e.g. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube. I agree that people should refrain from bullying behaviour, but I think you do have to be careful about rules regarding what tribes should be available, because that's dictating what people are allowed to be entertained by. I think it's a tricky area. If you let the bullies run riot, it will ruin the place, but if you get too strict then you will put people off.
One thing that I noticed on Reddit was just how easy it was to get downvoted. I remember getting badly downvoted just because I voiced an unpopular opinion (I was basically just talking about how I didn't understand why people take sport so seriously). I think people should be very careful with their downvotes. I think good Snapzu etiquette should be that you shouldn't downvote something just because you disagree with it. We need differences of opinion, otherwise discussion cannot happen, and you just get the only most popular opinions showing up.
I think voting etiquette should be conducted in the following manner: If you like something, you vote it up. If you don't like something, you simply don't vote. You only vote something down if it's really bad, like if the person is being really nasty or if the content is really poor quality.
I'll give you an example. Let's say you posted a music video for some jazz. Now, I'm not particularly a fan of jazz, but that's no reason to downvote it, I just won't upvote it. However, if the link was to a YouTube video that had since been taken down, or if the video quality was poor, or if the video featured footage of a child being abused, those would be situations where I would downvote it.
There may even be instances where I want to actually upvote a comment I disagree with, to keep alive the chance to debate the topic with them. I have done this with content too. I see something and really have an opinion against it, so I upvote it to keep the discussion alive .
As for the whole Cringepics issue, would the simplest thing be to just have a rule that you can't mock anyone else on Snapzu? It has to be people from other sites, e.g. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube. I agree that people should refrain from bullying behaviour, but I think you do have to be careful about rules regarding what tribes should be available, because that's dictating what people are allowed to be entertained by. I think it's a tricky area. If you let the bu...
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