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On the dislike system.

 

05-27-16 11:45 PM
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Yeah we think it's dumb. Like I'll add on to this in the morning when I'm not asleep but my good buddy pal friendo chum of a guy Galacta: will explain it.
Yeah we think it's dumb. Like I'll add on to this in the morning when I'm not asleep but my good buddy pal friendo chum of a guy Galacta: will explain it.
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The dislike system, in short, is pretty cowardly. It's like if you ask somebody to review your essay and they say "I don't like it." You ask them why, and they reply with "..... I don't like it." What's the goshdarn point? Here's the answer - there is none. The system is COMPLETELY pointless - it adds absolutely nothing.

I also think it's EVEN WORSE if positions of power use the system - local mods, globals, etc. Your job is to ensure quality and fairness among the board. What does clicking dislike on a post do? "s*** guys, I got two dislikes on my post, I'm gonna change my ways!" No. It works NOTHING like that.

The dislike system needs to be removed completely. Even if you made it so that it is visible who disliked the post, it's only going to start unneeded, stupid fights. If someone really wants to go out of their way to say "Hey! I didn't like what you posted, you nut!" then they should type a meaningful response to them, whether on the same thread or in private, explaining why. Let's be adults here. Explain yourself or f***ing don't do anything about it.


The dislike system, in short, is pretty cowardly. It's like if you ask somebody to review your essay and they say "I don't like it." You ask them why, and they reply with "..... I don't like it." What's the goshdarn point? Here's the answer - there is none. The system is COMPLETELY pointless - it adds absolutely nothing.

I also think it's EVEN WORSE if positions of power use the system - local mods, globals, etc. Your job is to ensure quality and fairness among the board. What does clicking dislike on a post do? "s*** guys, I got two dislikes on my post, I'm gonna change my ways!" No. It works NOTHING like that.

The dislike system needs to be removed completely. Even if you made it so that it is visible who disliked the post, it's only going to start unneeded, stupid fights. If someone really wants to go out of their way to say "Hey! I didn't like what you posted, you nut!" then they should type a meaningful response to them, whether on the same thread or in private, explaining why. Let's be adults here. Explain yourself or f***ing don't do anything about it.


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05-28-16 12:18 AM
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Galacta : Even though I don't think it's that big of a deal, I do think that the Report Post link serves well enough to replace it. I mean, if you disagree, then disagree. If it's worthy of a report, then report it. If it isn't, don't. Seems reasonable enough to me. I still don't think it's big enough of a deal to be a priority though.
Galacta : Even though I don't think it's that big of a deal, I do think that the Report Post link serves well enough to replace it. I mean, if you disagree, then disagree. If it's worthy of a report, then report it. If it isn't, don't. Seems reasonable enough to me. I still don't think it's big enough of a deal to be a priority though.
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Shockingly enough I actually agree with you guys about this. There are very few pros and a lot of possible cons to the system.

I use likes to let people know I saw their post and agree with what they've said. Quite often it is staff related and rather than make a "I agree with that, go make it happen." I just use the like button and things happen.

The dislike button is so rarely used that it really serves almost no purpose. Disliking a post more often than not causes the person receiving the dislike to feel hurt rather than promote any kind of change and a simple dislike doesn't actually provide quality feedback.

I'd be fine with getting rid of the system as well - thing is, only David can do that so you'll need to convince him of this. By all means I'm on board with getting rid of dislikes.
Shockingly enough I actually agree with you guys about this. There are very few pros and a lot of possible cons to the system.

I use likes to let people know I saw their post and agree with what they've said. Quite often it is staff related and rather than make a "I agree with that, go make it happen." I just use the like button and things happen.

The dislike button is so rarely used that it really serves almost no purpose. Disliking a post more often than not causes the person receiving the dislike to feel hurt rather than promote any kind of change and a simple dislike doesn't actually provide quality feedback.

I'd be fine with getting rid of the system as well - thing is, only David can do that so you'll need to convince him of this. By all means I'm on board with getting rid of dislikes.
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05-28-16 06:13 AM
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I don't actually care anything about whether people like or dislike my post, I'm not self-conscious like that. It's just silly to think about since there's always people out there who are going to like it for stupid reasons, and if I was self-conscious I'd probably assume I should change something about it.

So yeah, I'm down with removing it. or I'm down for keeping it, it's whatever.

If anything it's good for laughs to see how feeble-minded some people are when they cannot grasp the concept of what you're saying, or react in an outrage at the revelation that is brought upon them by the post they're going to dislike.

Heh heh heh.
I don't actually care anything about whether people like or dislike my post, I'm not self-conscious like that. It's just silly to think about since there's always people out there who are going to like it for stupid reasons, and if I was self-conscious I'd probably assume I should change something about it.

So yeah, I'm down with removing it. or I'm down for keeping it, it's whatever.

If anything it's good for laughs to see how feeble-minded some people are when they cannot grasp the concept of what you're saying, or react in an outrage at the revelation that is brought upon them by the post they're going to dislike.

Heh heh heh.
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05-28-16 06:25 AM
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This isn't something that hasn't been discussed before. Me and Sword Legion have brought this up multiple times in the past but nothing came from it. It does nothing but start drama especially now that more people can see who dislikes posts, or discouraging people from posting in general. Not encouraging them to try and change their ways. Particularly if you have an unpopular opinion on something you're setting yourself up for a bad post rating.

In the end the decision to change the post rating system is entirely up to David. So it would be about convicing him that it's the right thing to do to see any actual change.
This isn't something that hasn't been discussed before. Me and Sword Legion have brought this up multiple times in the past but nothing came from it. It does nothing but start drama especially now that more people can see who dislikes posts, or discouraging people from posting in general. Not encouraging them to try and change their ways. Particularly if you have an unpopular opinion on something you're setting yourself up for a bad post rating.

In the end the decision to change the post rating system is entirely up to David. So it would be about convicing him that it's the right thing to do to see any actual change.
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The dislike and like system was originally for differentiating the good posts from the bad. Problem is, if the post is bad or if there were multiple bad posts, a report post or PMing the Local's does the job just fine. People also click dislike just because they dislike or don't agree with the post, no matter how good the post may be, which means that the system isn't being used how it's intended. Why do you not agree with me? No answer? Oh, well then, that totally helps me know why people don't agree with me. I have a feeling that the dislike system also negatively affected the debate threads, since unpopular opinions are disliked and popular ones are liked, which does not help debates...

Basically, I'm all for removing the dislike system. People could always respond in the thread of why they disagree or report the post if it's breaking any rules.
The dislike and like system was originally for differentiating the good posts from the bad. Problem is, if the post is bad or if there were multiple bad posts, a report post or PMing the Local's does the job just fine. People also click dislike just because they dislike or don't agree with the post, no matter how good the post may be, which means that the system isn't being used how it's intended. Why do you not agree with me? No answer? Oh, well then, that totally helps me know why people don't agree with me. I have a feeling that the dislike system also negatively affected the debate threads, since unpopular opinions are disliked and popular ones are liked, which does not help debates...

Basically, I'm all for removing the dislike system. People could always respond in the thread of why they disagree or report the post if it's breaking any rules.
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The dislike system kind f sucks. People use it to tear people apart in debate forums, and people go on "dislike crusades" as I like to call them; in which a user gets mad at another, and then goes on a disliking spree on all the posts of theirs.

Also, Galacta, Geeo, and Mags really hit my personal opinions on this system pretty dead on. Perhaps this is a thing we should look into in the future.
The dislike system kind f sucks. People use it to tear people apart in debate forums, and people go on "dislike crusades" as I like to call them; in which a user gets mad at another, and then goes on a disliking spree on all the posts of theirs.

Also, Galacta, Geeo, and Mags really hit my personal opinions on this system pretty dead on. Perhaps this is a thing we should look into in the future.
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Here's the thing about the dislike system that I don't like.

If you want to make a post in the debate forum that people do not like, they'll dislike it rather than debating it. If they don't like somebody's opinion, rather than actually addressing it, they feel as though mob rule and social pressure is the answer and a silent majority of thumbs can rule out the truth in any topic- just like that.

It's aggravating and counter productive. If people would just be kind, understand that there's no nice way to say some things, and respect other's more, then I think it would be a lot better. All the dislike system does is enable people who don't want to intellectually address issues.

Majority votes do not decide truth. Truth decides truth, and you have to find it. Staying in your own little ideological bubble won't bring it to the surface either! Give other people some credit and listen to what they have to say.
Here's the thing about the dislike system that I don't like.

If you want to make a post in the debate forum that people do not like, they'll dislike it rather than debating it. If they don't like somebody's opinion, rather than actually addressing it, they feel as though mob rule and social pressure is the answer and a silent majority of thumbs can rule out the truth in any topic- just like that.

It's aggravating and counter productive. If people would just be kind, understand that there's no nice way to say some things, and respect other's more, then I think it would be a lot better. All the dislike system does is enable people who don't want to intellectually address issues.

Majority votes do not decide truth. Truth decides truth, and you have to find it. Staying in your own little ideological bubble won't bring it to the surface either! Give other people some credit and listen to what they have to say.
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Honestly, the dislike button should be removed entirely, and just leave the like button. If you like the post, you agree with it without posting, whereas if you dislike the post, you should respond why you don't like it, so the like button only makes sense so we don't have a bunch of "I agree with (insert username here)!"
Honestly, the dislike button should be removed entirely, and just leave the like button. If you like the post, you agree with it without posting, whereas if you dislike the post, you should respond why you don't like it, so the like button only makes sense so we don't have a bunch of "I agree with (insert username here)!"
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ZeroTails :
A user of this : You both forgot people who would dislike posts just because they have something personal against the person. I can't cite any examples, but I know there has to be at least a few.

Sword legion : I don't think I could've put that any better if I had to.
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A user of this : You both forgot people who would dislike posts just because they have something personal against the person. I can't cite any examples, but I know there has to be at least a few.

Sword legion : I don't think I could've put that any better if I had to.
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The dislike system is very confusing for newbie, there is no clear button that shows where to click. It might even be possible that they don't know about a dislike button in the first place. So yea remove it since it offers nothing to nobody and very few people see it.
The dislike system is very confusing for newbie, there is no clear button that shows where to click. It might even be possible that they don't know about a dislike button in the first place. So yea remove it since it offers nothing to nobody and very few people see it.
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I don't see the problem with it personally. Like Yoshi said...who does it really hurt?

Somebody dislikes my post? There goes my post rating. Big deal, it does nothing anyway, right? Who has ever received a bonus (Viz, staff role, or otherwise) because of a high post rating?

As for abuse? ANYTHING David implements on the site can and will be abused. Look at CP, TP, Viz, Likes, Dislikes, and any other feature really. We can't say that features should be stripped if they're abused because heck, even the registration button is abused by reregs.

I like the Like and Dislike buttons because they give mature users a way of agreeing or disagreeing without starting a bunch of arguing via posts. Yeah immature people misuse it, but again, abuse happens with every feature.


Finally, if we remove dislikes then likes NEED To go as well. Why? It further enables abuse. If a user makes a post that's not against the rules but is just in general a very jerk thing to say, his equally impolite friends can upvote and he gets what apparently is perceived as a reward by some for acting that way, but there is no way to express disapproval equally without going off topic to say "Hey Eirinn, that was a jerk thing to say" and starting excessive drama at the same time.

I get the drama idea, but which is worse, disliking, or posting to say it was a bad attitude to have and then seeing five more users jump in and argue about it?


Anyway, that's just my two cents. I realize I could easily be wrong, but that's how I see it.
I don't see the problem with it personally. Like Yoshi said...who does it really hurt?

Somebody dislikes my post? There goes my post rating. Big deal, it does nothing anyway, right? Who has ever received a bonus (Viz, staff role, or otherwise) because of a high post rating?

As for abuse? ANYTHING David implements on the site can and will be abused. Look at CP, TP, Viz, Likes, Dislikes, and any other feature really. We can't say that features should be stripped if they're abused because heck, even the registration button is abused by reregs.

I like the Like and Dislike buttons because they give mature users a way of agreeing or disagreeing without starting a bunch of arguing via posts. Yeah immature people misuse it, but again, abuse happens with every feature.


Finally, if we remove dislikes then likes NEED To go as well. Why? It further enables abuse. If a user makes a post that's not against the rules but is just in general a very jerk thing to say, his equally impolite friends can upvote and he gets what apparently is perceived as a reward by some for acting that way, but there is no way to express disapproval equally without going off topic to say "Hey Eirinn, that was a jerk thing to say" and starting excessive drama at the same time.

I get the drama idea, but which is worse, disliking, or posting to say it was a bad attitude to have and then seeing five more users jump in and argue about it?


Anyway, that's just my two cents. I realize I could easily be wrong, but that's how I see it.
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Eirinn : I don't see why likes would need to go. You still get cp and Viz for the likes even if your post is also disliked. So it doesn't actually change what you gain. In the end the like system is entirely subjective so we shouldn't tell people what they can and cannot like unless it's getting to a very extreme point. Either way it's not going to negatively affect anyone. It can even serve to encourage people to post who may feel uncertain about doing so. All the dislikes do is lower your post rating so it's not taking away the reward they would gain. If a member is making bad posts to the point where they should be punished for their attitude there are other ways to do that like local+ warning them directly or taking away trust points if need be. A post doesn't need to have a -5 post rating for people to understand that it's a bad post.

The thing with the dislike system is that unlike all the other features it doesn't actually add anything positive to the site. All it does is discourage people who want to have a discussion from posting for fear that people will dislike their post. It does not make them understand what it is that caused people to dislike it. Now it also causes more drama since some people below local mod rank can see exactly who dislike their posts and then decide to act on that. Some even go on sprees where they dislike posts of users not because of the post itself but the user in question. It goes entirely against what I would say a forum is about. ENCOURAGING  discussion, not discouraging it. Sure you can use it to dislike obvious troll posts but those people likely already know their posts are going to get dislikes and simple things like their post rating being lowered isn't going to change their mind about how they're acting.

As for the last example you gave I don't think we'd really notice a signficant increase in people replying to posts trying to start arguments. A lot of times people dislike post simply because they either don't want to address it or don't know how to. Which I personally think is a more immature way of handling it if the person was serious in their post unless you also took the time and say why you disagree with it.

That's the way I see it anyway. 
Eirinn : I don't see why likes would need to go. You still get cp and Viz for the likes even if your post is also disliked. So it doesn't actually change what you gain. In the end the like system is entirely subjective so we shouldn't tell people what they can and cannot like unless it's getting to a very extreme point. Either way it's not going to negatively affect anyone. It can even serve to encourage people to post who may feel uncertain about doing so. All the dislikes do is lower your post rating so it's not taking away the reward they would gain. If a member is making bad posts to the point where they should be punished for their attitude there are other ways to do that like local+ warning them directly or taking away trust points if need be. A post doesn't need to have a -5 post rating for people to understand that it's a bad post.

The thing with the dislike system is that unlike all the other features it doesn't actually add anything positive to the site. All it does is discourage people who want to have a discussion from posting for fear that people will dislike their post. It does not make them understand what it is that caused people to dislike it. Now it also causes more drama since some people below local mod rank can see exactly who dislike their posts and then decide to act on that. Some even go on sprees where they dislike posts of users not because of the post itself but the user in question. It goes entirely against what I would say a forum is about. ENCOURAGING  discussion, not discouraging it. Sure you can use it to dislike obvious troll posts but those people likely already know their posts are going to get dislikes and simple things like their post rating being lowered isn't going to change their mind about how they're acting.

As for the last example you gave I don't think we'd really notice a signficant increase in people replying to posts trying to start arguments. A lot of times people dislike post simply because they either don't want to address it or don't know how to. Which I personally think is a more immature way of handling it if the person was serious in their post unless you also took the time and say why you disagree with it.

That's the way I see it anyway. 
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Zlinqx : Well that's actually my point. Only the less mature users would get upset over dislikes. Those who realize that not everyone they meet (especially online) is going to like or agree with them aren't bothered by getting a dislike. Should we decide that because some users can't grasp that, that those who appreciate the feature should "be punished" by the removal of it?

And the whole thing smells like the political correctness of pluralism : nobody's wrong. I mean, why is it so bad to see that some people just don't like your opinion? Why only positive feedback? I guess I like the system for both likes and dislikes because then every side has a voice, and not just the "atta boy" voices. If we offer recognition for good, why not allow the acknowledging of bad?


I'm just saying it allows freedom of expression, and frankly there aren't many places left in the world where having your own opinion or expression is tolerated. I like that it is on Vizzed.

Also I want to make this clear: I'm about to make a thread about people being pressured to act like something they aren't by society etc. That thread will be in no way related to this (that would just be silly).
Zlinqx : Well that's actually my point. Only the less mature users would get upset over dislikes. Those who realize that not everyone they meet (especially online) is going to like or agree with them aren't bothered by getting a dislike. Should we decide that because some users can't grasp that, that those who appreciate the feature should "be punished" by the removal of it?

And the whole thing smells like the political correctness of pluralism : nobody's wrong. I mean, why is it so bad to see that some people just don't like your opinion? Why only positive feedback? I guess I like the system for both likes and dislikes because then every side has a voice, and not just the "atta boy" voices. If we offer recognition for good, why not allow the acknowledging of bad?


I'm just saying it allows freedom of expression, and frankly there aren't many places left in the world where having your own opinion or expression is tolerated. I like that it is on Vizzed.

Also I want to make this clear: I'm about to make a thread about people being pressured to act like something they aren't by society etc. That thread will be in no way related to this (that would just be silly).
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Eirinn : To give in to political correctness would be to censor people expressing unpopular opinions. I do agree that getting maybe 1 dislike on a post is a petty thing to be upset about. But I can understand people getting upset when there are users who go out of their way to dislike the posts of another user because they dislike the user or when a post gets a ton of dislikes simply because it expresses an unpopular opinion. It seems counter productive feature when all it does is discourage people from posting and breed drama and more users seem to want it gone than not. To allow users to be punished in the form of their post rating and getting a bad reputation because of that would seem more like giving in to political correctness. Either resulting in people who hold more unpopular opinions simply keeping quiet about it or being punished through their post rating with a bad reputation.

In the same way I'd ask why do people feel the need to have a dislike button to press simply because they disagree with a user? Nobody is forcing them to agree with the post. To punish them in some way simply because they don't like/agree with  their opinion? That if anything would seem immature to me. It's fine to respectfully disagree and pay the post no mind. Or through taking the time to respond to the post which would at least help give the other person an understanding of why you disagree without punishing them.

Eirinn : To give in to political correctness would be to censor people expressing unpopular opinions. I do agree that getting maybe 1 dislike on a post is a petty thing to be upset about. But I can understand people getting upset when there are users who go out of their way to dislike the posts of another user because they dislike the user or when a post gets a ton of dislikes simply because it expresses an unpopular opinion. It seems counter productive feature when all it does is discourage people from posting and breed drama and more users seem to want it gone than not. To allow users to be punished in the form of their post rating and getting a bad reputation because of that would seem more like giving in to political correctness. Either resulting in people who hold more unpopular opinions simply keeping quiet about it or being punished through their post rating with a bad reputation.

In the same way I'd ask why do people feel the need to have a dislike button to press simply because they disagree with a user? Nobody is forcing them to agree with the post. To punish them in some way simply because they don't like/agree with  their opinion? That if anything would seem immature to me. It's fine to respectfully disagree and pay the post no mind. Or through taking the time to respond to the post which would at least help give the other person an understanding of why you disagree without punishing them.

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kinda right in the middle about this ''issue''

In the end, does it really matter? Sure people that have a problem with you will go on a dislike rampage sometimes. But I don't see what the big issue is. It can be abused, but why care if someone does? Generally it are no name users that just got triggered when they saw something they didn't like.

It can be abused, but in the end it isn't a big issue at all.
kinda right in the middle about this ''issue''

In the end, does it really matter? Sure people that have a problem with you will go on a dislike rampage sometimes. But I don't see what the big issue is. It can be abused, but why care if someone does? Generally it are no name users that just got triggered when they saw something they didn't like.

It can be abused, but in the end it isn't a big issue at all.
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I don't really need to say much about it since well great gramps and some others have hit points I would had already said. There are people who also dislike positive posts for no reason.....I don't think anyone has seen that? I've told a few friends about this and they were just as surprised as I am. I also took a look at to see if it happened to anyone else and it does. I can understand someone disliking an opinion of mine and summoning me saying why. But the one that baffles me the most is when someone or some people actually dislike threads about kind things for friends or other things as well. It kinda shows how petty that is. As grandfather said and I quote people also dislike peoples posts or threads due to personal reasons. Which...shouldn't be the point of doing that to the person.

Not only that. Others now troll other people by using it as someone said to get other members mad for no reason. Its really sad how the dislike system can cause such a trouble. But if people are civil using the button well, then there wouldn't be as much drama going on to do with it. I've already spoke to some others about this in the past. Its up to David if he removes it or not. 
I don't really need to say much about it since well great gramps and some others have hit points I would had already said. There are people who also dislike positive posts for no reason.....I don't think anyone has seen that? I've told a few friends about this and they were just as surprised as I am. I also took a look at to see if it happened to anyone else and it does. I can understand someone disliking an opinion of mine and summoning me saying why. But the one that baffles me the most is when someone or some people actually dislike threads about kind things for friends or other things as well. It kinda shows how petty that is. As grandfather said and I quote people also dislike peoples posts or threads due to personal reasons. Which...shouldn't be the point of doing that to the person.

Not only that. Others now troll other people by using it as someone said to get other members mad for no reason. Its really sad how the dislike system can cause such a trouble. But if people are civil using the button well, then there wouldn't be as much drama going on to do with it. I've already spoke to some others about this in the past. Its up to David if he removes it or not. 
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Galacta : If anything, I think the dislikes are rather amusing. Some of my reviews have earned dislikes/ 1 ratings for nothing more than "butthurts." It doesn't affect membership levels nor does it penalize someone that accumulate too many of them.
Galacta : If anything, I think the dislikes are rather amusing. Some of my reviews have earned dislikes/ 1 ratings for nothing more than "butthurts." It doesn't affect membership levels nor does it penalize someone that accumulate too many of them.
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