Petition for new Forum Button: Dislike

[Scribble]

I don't know, for Dev posts it'd prove the point more.

A number next to an icon of a 'thumbs down' hardly proves a point.

If you dislike something then people only know that you don't approve with a thumbs down. It makes much more sense to actually articulate the point or idea you are trying to get across or to express a position you have with words rather than with a gesture.

If you give a dev a thumbs down when they introduce a new idea they're working on for XI then they really have no idea what you don't like about it or why.

[Daniel_Hatcher]

A number next to an icon of a 'thumbs down' hardly proves a point.

If you dislike something then people only know that you don't approve with a thumbs down. It makes much more sense to actually articulate the point or idea you are trying to get across or to express a position you have with words rather than with a gesture.

If you give a dev a thumbs down when they introduce a new idea they're working on for XI then they really have no idea what you don't like about it or why.

No, but you can do both, and it would look like the playerbase likes the idea.Personally a lot of people say what I want, so I just thumbs up them, do you think the Dev's take that into consideration? No, but at least a thumbs down might help a little.

[SpankWustler]

I don't think it would accomplish anything.

Knowing that 75% of the people who read something dislike the idea won't change the Development Bros minds. They're not Lex Luthor, forging ahead with their singular and cruel vision of a better world for humanity, carefully monitoring statistics along the way. They're the Joker, totally and randomly nuts in ways we can not comprehend, holding sheets of statistics upside down for two seconds before eating them.

I can harass people more annoyingly by replying with images or one-liners than clicking a "dislike" button, so I doubt I'd use it for other players either.

[Hayward]

There already is a dislike button, but it's labeled 'reply'. Click it, type a brief message stating why you dislike something and post it. This isn't the facebooks.

See, what he's looking for is the thing gutless wonders from KI and BG would try to abuse regularly (don't bother lying, folks. You did it on Alla some years ago. What makes you think you won't do it again). Replying with anything substantial is either too difficult or beneath their so-called status.

[FrankReynolds]

I'm noticing a trend in this thread. Most of the people who are against the idea are the kind of people who probably would receive a lot of dislikes.

Perhaps they should hide the number of dislikes from the users, and just allow the devs to see them. That way there is no griefing.

Just stating your opinion doesn't hold a lot of weight IMO, because anything extremely important is going to have a huge thread about it, %99 of which will not be forwarded to the devs.

[Kitkat]

While I like the idea of a dislike, I also see the potential of it being abused. I would rather see the ability for players to set up polls to more accurately track certain feature additions/changes. While the forums somehow give players a voice, it doesn't seem to accurately give them any weight in setting up general purpose topics that only want a poll type effect (Poll: Do you like the current direction FFXI is going? Yes/No)

[Dallas]

I got an official warning for posting that I "unliked" a post. Several people liked my post too. Surprising to see SE so complacent with this open hostility.

[FrankReynolds]

I got an official warning for posting that I "unliked" a post. Several people liked my post too. Surprising to see SE so complacent with this open hostility.

I got temp banned for saying "I think your trying to make fun of me, but it's just coming off as silly."


If you look in the new ws thread right now, people are shouting obscenities, and posting unflattering pics of the director. There is no rhyme or reason to the moderation.

INB4: another 3 hour ban.

This topic sounds like someone crying that the forums are to tough.. and "NEED" a dislike button.



I Dislike this Idea. "See what I did there, It's easy"
There are better topics and Ideas on these Forums then this, Moving on!

in one more page of posts, your dislike will be buried where the translators will never see it. Too bad you can't just dislike this thread right in the OP.

[Krashport]

I got temp banned for saying "I think your trying to make fun of me, but it's just coming off as silly."


If you look in the new ws thread right now, people are shouting obscenities, and posting unflattering pics of the director. There is no rhyme or reason to the moderation.

INB4: another 3 hour ban.




in one more page of posts, your dislike will be buried where the translators will never see it. Too bad you can't just dislike this thread right in the OP.

You just made my point, You seen the Dislike to comment on, so therefore you don't need this dislike Button.

[FrankReynolds]

You just made my point, You seen the Dislike to comment on, so therefore you don't need this dislike Button.

You seem to have missed my point. If there was a dislike button, you could hit it and be done. Since there is not, you are posting your thoughts about it on page 4. The forum translators are going to skim over this, and likely not read your post. If I stop talking to you, your opinion on the matter will probably go completely unnoticed because most people usually read the first couple of posts in a thread, and then skip to the end. Also, I am not the one you need to see your post. Me knowing what you like or dislike has no effect on what gets added to the website and / or game.