Quote Originally Posted by BigRed5392 View Post
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.