100 CCP is yet again a requirement to downvote and changes I pushed yesterday are now reverted. I spent about 6 hours yesterday reading your comments on my announcement and I think it's pretty clear that majority of you had concerns with removing restrictions. Back to the drawing board I guess. Please accept my apologies for causing the mess.
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NeedleInAHaystack ago
It encourages participation in discussion. I think that's why most people like it.
It also makes you earn the ability/responsibility of downvoating.
Macnewbie ago
Id be in favor of heavier restrictions. Such as requiring a reply in order to downvoat or maybe a daily ratio of comments to downvoats. But i think im in the minority in that regard.
NeedleInAHaystack ago
We both are then.... If you're going to downvoat, you should be required to offer an alternative position/explanation. I'm with you.
voatforgoat ago
The idea of downvoating should be to remove spam though, you probably shouldn't downvoat someone just because you disagree with their opinion...that's the reason the CCP limits are in place, and how downvoating was abused on reddit, as it meant that unpopular viewpoints never got viewed and it led to the establishment of a hivemind mentality which everywhere had to agree with for fear of the dreaded downvoat. Sorry, realise I'm taking this way out of proportion here, apologies. But just trying to raise awareness of why downvoating shouldn't be used just because you disagree with someone, hence why this rule wouldn't really apply here I think.
NinjaPoolboy ago
Yet you NO-Downvoat people are hiveminding right now.
NeedleInAHaystack ago
I don't think you're taking this out of proportion. It's just that, while theoretically you are right, it's not how it plays out in the real world.
I agree that what you say should be the case, but it's not what happens... sadly. So when it does happen, the comment should be refuted with an opposing view/reason to believe otherwise, or if it's spam, to just say "spam" then downvoated. It's not perfect by any means though.
Cap_Dec ago
Great idea. I got down it's for something and I have no idea why.
Macnewbie ago
The only problem i see with that is spam. I have no need to reply to the manhood 101 folks but oh boy does downvoating them feel good.
TheBuddha ago
Hit the report spam button. It's the mods job to deal with it.
NeedleInAHaystack ago
haha, yea. That's a problem, but you could just type "spam", then downvoat and still get the feels.