Popular Post Thalmor Posted December 7, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 7, 2019 I disagree with this action. Downvotes were a quick and convenient way of showing disapproval, and I don't see how removing them will affect toxicity. This is just removing a good feature to combat something that I don't think moderation can really control anyways. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mitsuru Posted December 7, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 7, 2019 2 hours ago, Alex said: "Downvotes" are really just the laziest way to voice disagreement with someone, and contribute to the negativity and toxicity that is plaguing the game currently. Because forcing people to type out a response is going to decrease toxicity in this forum. Genius move. If you rather have 20 angry comments rather than say the double amount of downvotes on a post (just as a theoretical example), then that's up to you. Have fun moderating. 5 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prefontaine Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 First Keno, now the downvote. WHAT'S NEXT YOU MONSTER 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew The Great Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 So basically Alex seemed to pull what would be the most unpopular decision so far on the forums at least, and made that decision disabling downvotes so people wouldn't be able to show their discontent easily. 1 Blame Dan Schneider~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namukara Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Just now, Matthew The Great said: So basically Alex seemed to pull what would be the most unpopular decision so far on the forums at least, and made that decision disabling downvotes so people wouldn't be able to show their discontent easily. With his most recent decisions it seems Alex would like to kill the game also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Changeup Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 @GOONS who complained? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papi Winter Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 1 hour ago, Malal said: Adding downvotes was an awful change and it's better for the health of the forums that they are gone again. However, I can no longer flex my low downvotes given compared to all the other people who handed them out like candy. @AlexI Cant downvote to respectively show my disagreement with his statement @MalalUr wrong due to divotes being the most calm, and non toxic way to say someoen doesnt agree.Ur just mad u received enough to bring down ur rep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artifex Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 2 hours ago, Alex said: Hello, This is just a heads up that I have disabled "downvotes" and negative reputation on the forum. It may take some time to reset all users with negative reputation to the new minimum (zero) so if you're reading this and that hasn't been completed yet, please bear with me for some time. It's been suggested many times that we revise / eliminate the reputation system, and I've finally decided to act. "Downvotes" are really just the laziest way to voice disagreement with someone, and contribute to the negativity and toxicity that is plaguing the game currently. If you disagree with someone's post, you'll be forced to type a response explaining why. Single word posts like "no," "this sucks," etc. are still spam and will still earn you warning points as they always have per the Forum Rules. Also, I've enabled the "Thanks" react to posts as well. Feel free to try it out on this post here 2 hours ago, Alex said: An addendum to the announcement: I imagined it would be easy to find a list of all users with negative reputation and set them all to 0 rep, but I haven't been able to do so yet. It may be a few days before all users with negative reputation are reset to 0. In the meantime, if you have negative reputation and would like it reset to 0, please send a private message to myself or @Chief Wiggum. Thank you. This is just terrible. Echo chamber/hugbox incoming! No kind of negativity allowed! Nuspeak only! Love you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayayay Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 1 minute ago, Papi Salamander said: @MalalUr wrong due to divotes being the most calm, and non toxic way to say someoen doesnt agree.Ur just mad u received enough to bring down ur rep. I literally tried getting back under 5k so I could get rid of this trash hippo image but I couldn't 2 Orbis Wars | CSI: UPN | B I G O O F | PW Expert Has Nerve To Tell You How To Run Your Own Goddamn Alliance | Occupy Wall Street | Sheepy Sings TheNG - My favorite part is when Steve suggests DEIC might have done something remotely successful, then gets massively shit on for proposing such a stupid idea. On 1/4/2016 at 6:37 PM, Sheepy said: This was !@#$ing gold. 10/10 possibly my favorite post on these forums yet. Sheepy said: I'm retarded, you win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papi Winter Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Just now, Malal said: I literally tried getting back under 5k so I could get rid of this trash hippo image but I couldn't Ok Boomer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joi Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Finally, my score of -19 for posting my newcomer thoughts during a turbulent time in the game's politics is absolutely meaningless! Thanks Alex! Now there's no longer an easy way for me to figure out who my political enemies are supposed to be - they'll actually have to type out their dissent and reveal themselves as bad posters! A new era has been born: Welcome to Politics and War: where the problems are totally made up and the points don't matter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papi Winter Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Just now, Supreme Master Joi said: Finally, my score of -19 for posting my newcomer thoughts during a turbulent time in the game's politics is absolutely meaningless! Thanks Alex! Now there's no longer an easy way for me to figure out who my political enemies are supposed to be - they'll actually have to type out their dissent and reveal themselves as bad posters! A new era has been born: Welcome to Politics and War: where the problems are totally made up and the points don't matter. i cannot downvote this person because hes in goons 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joi Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 (edited) 25 minutes ago, Changeup said: @GOONS who complained? @Noctis Anarch Caelum, the (now ex-) God of Downvotes Here's the thread: Edited December 7, 2019 by Supreme Master Joi fixed link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noctis Anarch Caelum Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 1 minute ago, Supreme Master Joi said: @Noctis Anarch Caelum, the (now ex-) God of Downvotes Here's the thread: I think he wanted to remove it anyways, since he mentioned I suggest it. I don’t really think it matters much either way though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Potato Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 As others have said, this isn't going to reduce toxic behavior. That being said, thanks 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joi Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 11 minutes ago, Papi Salamander said: i cannot downvote this person because hes in goons Nor should you downvote my irreverent, whimsical post - downvoting a person just because they're in X faction and have posted words to the forums is the whole reasons why downvote functionality has been removed by the moderation team: people (such as yourself) weren't being responsible with them and were using them to fulfill an us-vs-them agenda counterproductive to actual discussion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lossi Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 41 minutes ago, Malal said: I literally tried getting back under 5k so I could get rid of this trash hippo image but I couldn't Enjoy it for life now. Thanks. Quote Former leader of Chocolate Castle 4/1/2021 "It's pretty easy to get abused by Rosey without being a weirdo about it" - Betilius "Rosey is everything I look for in a fighter" - partisan "I’m very much not surprised that Lossi has you blocked tbh" - @MCMaster-095 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayayay Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 2 minutes ago, Rosey Song said: Enjoy it for life now. Thanks. thanks Orbis Wars | CSI: UPN | B I G O O F | PW Expert Has Nerve To Tell You How To Run Your Own Goddamn Alliance | Occupy Wall Street | Sheepy Sings TheNG - My favorite part is when Steve suggests DEIC might have done something remotely successful, then gets massively shit on for proposing such a stupid idea. On 1/4/2016 at 6:37 PM, Sheepy said: This was !@#$ing gold. 10/10 possibly my favorite post on these forums yet. Sheepy said: I'm retarded, you win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
japan77 Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 well then. This is just going to increase toxicity or forum bans. lots of people downvote instead of responding because quite frankly, they want to say things that would be very impolite to state in public. You forcing them to respond instead is almost certainly going to result in much more offensive and OOC attacks because surprise, people are !@#$. 1 I don't sleep enough Also, I am an Keynesian Utilitarian Lastly, Hello world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joi Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Here's a suggestion for you, ALEX: Bring back the ever-popular Downvote as two flavors: "Respectfully Disagree" and "Frick You." "Frick You" is reserved for the people you hate on principle (due to stupid political lines in the pixel-sand) and actually brings down the reputation of the user who voted, instead of the reputation of the poster. Thank you and gosh bless. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zei-Sakura Alsainn Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 17 minutes ago, Supreme Master Joi said: Here's a suggestion for you, ALEX: Bring back the ever-popular Downvote as two flavors: "Respectfully Disagree" and "Frick You." "Frick You" is reserved for the people you hate on principle (due to stupid political lines in the pixel-sand) and actually brings down the reputation of the user who voted, instead of the reputation of the poster. Thank you and gosh bless. I ran out of reactions so i will now upvote by saying i actually like this idea please do this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr James Wilson Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 This is something the internet in the past would call an epic fail. Poor decision after poor decision. The Volleyball Avanti Immortali ..one, two, Jimmy's coming for you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noctis Anarch Caelum Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 I think it would have been better to keep the full range of reactions, while doing away with the point system. Although doesn’t really matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papi Winter Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 1 hour ago, Supreme Master Joi said: Nor should you downvote my irreverent, whimsical post - downvoting a person just because they're in X faction and have posted words to the forums is the whole reasons why downvote functionality has been removed by the moderation team: people (such as yourself) weren't being responsible with them and were using them to fulfill an us-vs-them agenda counterproductive to actual discussion. ur in goons thats a good enough reason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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