Dev Request - Dislike button for Forum posts.

[DaikiKiyoshi]

So, many people who view the forum don't post but still might like to provide feedback on an issue or suggestion. We already have the option for people to like posts, thus providing instant (and anonymous) feedback that they support an idea. Wouldn't it be only fair for people to be able to show their lack of support in such a manner as well? It could be very interesting. Please consider and thanks for all feedback to this idea, both for and against!

[dragonseth07]

Nah. The way it is now, if something is dumb, we have to let the OP now by posting and bumping it to the top. Soon, we have 8 pages of posts telling the OP how wrong they are, instead of simply downvoting it into oblivion! Much better, obviously.

[CyrilLucifer]

I hate both "like" and "dislike" buttons and would prefer to have neither. They serve no purpose here outside of voting in contests.

[Vorx]

Problem with disliking button is the little closed nit groups that form on the forums, any forums really. If one person doesn't like an opinion or the person in general they would have their little "friends" down vote it for them outta spite. Basically the more people who are in these closed nit groups the worst it will be to actually summit something because it is already doomed to be voted down by these people before it even starts.

[BigRed5392]

So, many people who view the forum don't post but still might like to provide feedback on an issue or suggestion. We already have the option for people to like posts, thus providing instant (and anonymous) feedback that they support an idea. Wouldn't it be only fair for people to be able to show their lack of support in such a manner as well? It could be very interesting. Please consider and thanks for all feedback to this idea, both for and against!

it used to have a dislike button, they got rid of it. People abused the feature to perma ban people they disliked by down voting then mass reporting posts.

[Newmanxeno]

People just gotta learn how to ignore posts. If you keep responding it stays alive.

[Fawkes]

Everything on the forums would be in the negatives.

[Callinon]

Blizzard's CMs just had a thing about downvoting on their forums and they're talking about getting rid of it.

Basically it doesn't provide feedback except in the form of mob mentality silencing unpopular opinions. Has very little to do with the quality of a post and more to do with the hivemind not liking either the ideas or even just the poster. Not a useful system.

[Ama_Hamada]

So, many people who view the forum don't post but still might like to provide feedback on an issue or suggestion. We already have the option for people to like posts, thus providing instant (and anonymous) feedback that they support an idea. Wouldn't it be only fair for people to be able to show their lack of support in such a manner as well? It could be very interesting. Please consider and thanks for all feedback to this idea, both for and against!

Ironic, the person that needs the dislike posts is you, I remember you going at me for no reason before. People like you are the reason it does not exist, since you be marking things you simply disagree on, and not marking them for troll/ harassment/ etc.

[loreleidiangelo]

it used to have a dislike button, they got rid of it. People abused the feature to perma ban people they disliked by down voting then mass reporting posts.

That seems more like a lazy implementation or poor moderation than an actual issue with downvote buttons. That said, I'm indifferent to this addition. I prefer to engage in healthy discourse even if I disagree with a topic, rather than push a button and provide no honest feedback. If there were a guarantor that it would be used in a manner to which Reddit aspired - to hide trollish or unconstructive posts/comments - I'd like it, but as Reddit has proven no one holds the feature to that sort of personal standard and instead uses it to enforce groupthink hiveminds.