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Whatusaytome
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But what if there was no hidden agenda to the buttons? No scoring system in our profiles or on threads to make us out to be better than anybody, just the options for people to use the buttons if they want, and to see the names of people who hit the buttons on any post.
If people just have to claim its a popularity contest, I guess let them? I wont use it that way myself, and I will hope there's nothing like "trending" or "popular posts" coming with the update. If there's no public analytic displayed in profiles for number of likes and dislikes for each user, but instead a like/dislike counter on a thread or post simply x likes and y dislikes without usernames, then it could maybe work.
The more I think about this, the more I'm on the fence about whether we really need it.
But what if there was no hidden agenda to the buttons? No scoring system in our profiles or on threads to make us out to be better than anybody, just the options for people to use the buttons if they want, and to see the names of people who hit the buttons on any post.
If people just have to claim its a popularity contest, I guess let them? I wont use it that way myself, and I will hope there's nothing like "trending" or "popular posts" coming with the update. If there's no public analytic displayed in profiles for number of likes and dislikes for each user, but instead a like/dislike counter on a thread or post simply x likes and y dislikes without usernames, then it could maybe work.
The more I think about this, the more I'm on the fence about whether we really need it.
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15-Feb-2018 19:00:42
Waste of development time IMO since up/down vote system is far from useful. It doesn't serve any discussion purpose and is mostly abused by certain groups of users to manipulate the "popularity" of their posts.
The fact that many of the biggest sites like FB are staying away from it, and others like Reddit that still use it have to "beg" their users not to downvote posts show you that they don't even feel comfortable with that kind of system among themselves.
Anyway, perhaps there are other priorities ahead of this initiative, despite of its "popularity".
The fact that many of the biggest sites like FB are staying away from it, and others like Reddit that still use it have to "beg" their users not to downvote posts show you that they don't even feel comfortable with that kind of system among themselves.
Anyway, perhaps there are other priorities ahead of this initiative, despite of its "popularity".
15-Feb-2018 19:57:01 - Last edited on 15-Feb-2018 20:04:31 by Dilbert2001
Whatusaytome
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The post is what matters, not the number of votes.
Hold that thought: why do people want this to begin with?
Whatusaytome said :
And if it alters some peoples posting habits to be more people-friendly, what harm is there in that?
What is more "people-friendly"? Feeling forced to share the popular opinion to avoid getting down-voted? Doesn't sound very friendly to me. A lot like censorship and less freedom to express yourself, actually.
Spearmint30 said :
The more I think about this, the more I'm on the fence about whether we really need it.
The more I read, the likelihood of me wanting even half of this drops. It just makes confirmation of Reddit's problems stronger in my opinion. Low on bank space? Click here .
The post is what matters, not the number of votes.
Hold that thought: why do people want this to begin with?
Whatusaytome said :
And if it alters some peoples posting habits to be more people-friendly, what harm is there in that?
What is more "people-friendly"? Feeling forced to share the popular opinion to avoid getting down-voted? Doesn't sound very friendly to me. A lot like censorship and less freedom to express yourself, actually.
Spearmint30 said :
The more I think about this, the more I'm on the fence about whether we really need it.
The more I read, the likelihood of me wanting even half of this drops. It just makes confirmation of Reddit's problems stronger in my opinion. Low on bank space? Click here .
15-Feb-2018 21:55:23 - Last edited on 15-Feb-2018 22:01:15 by Miles Prower
Miles Prower
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Whatusaytome said :
The post is what matters, not the number of votes.
Hold that thought: why do people want this to begin with?
Whatusaytome said :
And if it alters some peoples posting habits to be more people-friendly, what harm is there in that?
What is more "people-friendly"? Feeling forced to share the popular opinion to avoid getting down-voted? Doesn't sound very friendly to me. A lot like censorship and less freedom to express yourself, actually.
Well for the first part, I've explained how i would use it, but if you want to know why other people would want it, search the forums for any of the different threads for it and ask them all. I see it as an opinion without words and that seems useful to me, regardless if people try to abuse it with alts.
second part, it isn't really censoring anything. people will still post how they do, if that's what they choose to do. If they are like you, or Dilbert, and think the votes would matter more than the posts, and you change your post to not get 'disliked' by as many people, whats wrong with that? I expect to get a heck of a lot of dislikes on my posts, and I don't plan on changing my posts to adjust for it. you can do the same, or not... Up to you.
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Whatusaytome said :
The post is what matters, not the number of votes.
Hold that thought: why do people want this to begin with?
Whatusaytome said :
And if it alters some peoples posting habits to be more people-friendly, what harm is there in that?
What is more "people-friendly"? Feeling forced to share the popular opinion to avoid getting down-voted? Doesn't sound very friendly to me. A lot like censorship and less freedom to express yourself, actually.
Well for the first part, I've explained how i would use it, but if you want to know why other people would want it, search the forums for any of the different threads for it and ask them all. I see it as an opinion without words and that seems useful to me, regardless if people try to abuse it with alts.
second part, it isn't really censoring anything. people will still post how they do, if that's what they choose to do. If they are like you, or Dilbert, and think the votes would matter more than the posts, and you change your post to not get 'disliked' by as many people, whats wrong with that? I expect to get a heck of a lot of dislikes on my posts, and I don't plan on changing my posts to adjust for it. you can do the same, or not... Up to you.
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15-Feb-2018 22:11:07
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