Thanks for the "Unlike"...how about...

[tymora]

Thanks for adding the "Unlike" button...can we now have a "Dislike" button for posts?
Negative numbers can certainly beautify certain posts.

In short, allow forum moderation within the community.

[Archadius]

Anything that promotes negative interaction is probably not a good thing on the official forums.

[Reinheart]

I think they mentioned something about this before... don't remember...

Anyways personally I think for user posts having a dislike button isn't a good idea, it can be abused in different ways but for Rep/Dev responses I think it's good thing to have. They said in the past the Like count will show how many people may agree since some don't like to post their comment and if they don't like it they will probably write why they dislike the idea, but when you think about that some people who may dislike don't want to post their thoughts too and if the devs release something those people didn't like it might disappoint those people.

At the same time though displaying number of dislike would also encourage some people who just don't care to vote for whichever they feel is right therefor for dislike if I was the forum mod/rep I would hide the total count, just make it so the dev/reps can see the total. This may lead to some people still think if the feature/content/changes get/doesn't get implemented to complain but it should help out some situations, after the discussion is over the dev/rep can show the results of like/dislike to prove that they followed what the majority of the forum community agreed on.

[Ferth]

A dislike or a rate down option opens a big world for trolling. If you don't like something... don't like it. If you feel inclined to make it known why you don't like something, post it... If people agree with you they will like your post and it will show in a manner that is less prone to abuse.

[tymora]

A dislike or a rate down option opens a big world for trolling

I don't see whats so different between an additional counter for dislike than say...an additional post to dislike.
A troll will troll regardless, not like there is anything preventing them from doing so right now.

[Ferth]

I don't see whats so different between an additional counter for dislike than say...an additional post to dislike.
A troll will troll regardless, not like there is anything preventing them from doing so right now.

The more outspoken people garner a following of people who either really agree with many things they say or really disagree with them.

One of the biggest problems on Zam's forums was that if you managed to piss someone off and they were the vindictive sort, they'd track your posts and dislike everything regardless of the merit of any suggestions, or worse yet convince their friends to do it too.

With only a like feature that is not a possibility.