Petition for new Forum Button: Dislike

[Divinechild]

This forum is due for Dislike Button that rates a persons post down on a separate side that shows how many people DISLIKED, as well as how many people LIKED the post.

I feel that "Messengers"/Forum Admins simply skim over subjects.

If the idea and work ethic is to "Pick and Choose" a certain post, find a thought in it. Write it down, then eye ball a % saying, "30% of people seemed to have disliked that idea" If that is all that is submitted to the Dev Team.

Then perhaps a "Dislike" feature would better "ease" the job strain on forum admins. If they could just actually tally up the # of Dislikes vs Likes.

It's getting really sad when you log onto here, after you actually spend some time trying things and testing things on test sever only to find that your opinions, thoughts and concerns don't really go as far as to bend, touch, stress, or even concern the Dev Team.

This is not just a personal idea, this is a collective idea from multiple people. It's not just the NA side, the JP side has a long list of complaints regarding the lack of attention, and care that the forum admins, and devs give towards our Feed Back.

Like this Post if you agree that we should have a "Dislike" Button for clairty.

I suggested this along time ago and got no where. I'm all for this.

[Babygyrl]

ive wanted a dislike button on here and facebook for like ever but i think people feel lt'd be too "Dramatic" lol. It is sad that people cant handle a little criticism.

[Karbuncle]

Dislikes really aren't that important, unless you have no spine?

If someone posts something stupid, be a man and Call them out for being stupid, Don't hide behind a - Symbol. Works wonders, Say it to their face

Plus, Dislikes can and will be abused in every instance of their existence... Human nature to be petty, wanting to feel important, etc.

While all intents will surely be masked in some noble cause to "help new people distinguish good posts from bad", Its a load. FFXIAH-pre-removal and Alla as it exists now are both proof -/+ are nothing but popularity contests, and rarely judge a person based on the content of their post.

[FrankReynolds]

Dislikes really aren't that important, unless you have no spine?

If someone posts something stupid, be a man and Call them out for being stupid, Don't hide behind a - Symbol. Works wonders, Say it to their face

Plus, Dislikes can and will be abused in every instance of their existence... Human nature to be petty, wanting to feel important, etc.

While all intents will surely be masked in some noble cause to "help new people distinguish good posts from bad", Its a load. FFXIAH-pre-removal and Alla as it exists now are both proof -/+ are nothing but popularity contests, and rarely judge a person based on the content of their post.

Except sometimes being a man means arguing for pages with the jack ass posters like the one in my sig. Its sad that less knowledgeable players have to read an entire thread of nonsense to figure out that the guy doesn't know what the hell he's talking about. And the whole concept of being a man on an internet forum about video game wizards and crap is pretty far fetched. WHat happens on alla and FFXI-AH is irrelevant. This forum here is monitored by SE, with the intent of getting feed back from players, and like/dislike button is a lot easier to translate than 77 pages of arguing.

This game is like 10 years old, which means that everyone on this forum is old enough to move up from the T-Ball little leagues where both teams win every game. You can't "be a man" and also be all hyper sensitive about the number next to the thumb. The two things are mutually exclusive.

[RAIST]

The problem with the whole like/dislike system is you have absolutely no way of knowing just what was liked/disliked---was it the poster, was it the idea, was it the presentation....people are free to click away with no responsibility for detailing what they like/dislike.

Because it allows an anonymous response that is devoid of any accountability, these systems typically fall short of their real intentions. It would probably have been better for SE to have never even added the like system....still haven't made up my mind whether I like it or not. Seemed like a good idea at first, but sometimes I wonder....

[Rezeak]

I vote for a dislike for the dev posts only.

Not for members tho

[Tsukino_Kaji]

I vote for a dislike for the dev posts only.

Not for members tho

Now that I can aprove of.

[FrankReynolds]

The problem with the whole like/dislike system is you have absolutely no way of knowing just what was liked/disliked---was it the poster, was it the idea, was it the presentation....people are free to click away with no responsibility for detailing what they like/dislike.

Because it allows an anonymous response that is devoid of any accountability, these systems typically fall short of their real intentions. It would probably have been better for SE to have never even added the like system....still haven't made up my mind whether I like it or not. Seemed like a good idea at first, but sometimes I wonder....

Even if you take away the like button, this would still happen. There is no way for a mod to know (without caring enough to follow up on a persons history) whether a person is arguing a point because it is a valid point, or because they just dislike the OP and / or one of the other posters.

It's quite obvious if you read these forums a lot, that many people don't just use them for game feedback, but instead use them as outlets for things like: creative writing, venting anger, increasing their post count, practicing their debate skills... the list goes on. The dislike button is simply an easy indicator for a team that most likely doesn't take any of what we say seriously, if they read it at all.

[browolf]

Dislike buttons promote unbridled negativity which is why facebook sensibly refuses to have one. if you want to vote on dev features, it would make more sense to request voting options or even the ability to 'have a say' on whether features get implemented. I doubt you'd get that either though as SE have mostly always marched to the beat of their own drum.

[Ezikiel]

is it ironcal that i hit the "Like" button on this?