ADD Dislike button

[ChocoFeru]

No, thanks.

People would be afraid to express their opinion because the downvotes, just like on Reddit, where new members asking stuff or sharing opinions can get downvoted for no reason, destroying their account with negative votes (banning them automatically from some subreddits, like FFXIV one).

People will abuse it no matter what you talk about.

Upvotes are good enough, you can compare OP's upvotes with other users upvotes on the same thread to check people's preferences. It's healthier.

[DJaySaint]

There are a couple reasons why Dislike button is generally frowned upon in some other forums from different games and devs. A couple examples that may include but not limited to:

1. If many people agree on a suggestion or topic, often times a "like" will suffice enough because there isn't much more to add than "I agree". If people have variations of the idea, they will generally post it. However, if an idea is bad or generally frowned upon, simply giving it a "dislike" without a reason why or alternative suggestions will not foster a discussion on how to make said bad idea in to a good one. Maybe it IS a good idea, but the suggested implementation is bad and someone else has a better suggestion on how to implement it? Simply giving a "dislike" and moving on lets potentially good ideas just die. It is actually preferred by devs I know that there be a discussion as to WHY something is bad so if a similar idea comes up, they can avoid those points of contention.

2. Some people are just salty. You say something someone doesn't like one time or rubs them the wrong way? You get people who apparently have nothing better to do with their lives than follow that person around the forum and dislike EVERY post they make just for the sake of doing it. If there is a player with a bad reputation who happens to make a legitimately good suggestion or topic of discussion, people will tend to just downvote them in to nothingness without even looking at the thread and that won't get the attention it may deserve. Also "revenge disliking". You dislike someone's idea one time, someone dislikes every single post or idea of yours from now on because you have to stick it back to them but harder to teach them a lesson!

3. "Dislikes" tend to foster toxic behavior. Rather than discussing WHY an idea is bad, the original poster may just get offended and lash out at someone who just disliked without posting. It has happened many times. Granted, people can still post negative stuff about it but with this day and age, most people constantly seek the approval of others on social media. A lot are desperate for "likes" any way they can get it, so "dislikes" tend to foster negativity and, for a lack of a more articulate way to describe it, butthurt.

[Niqote]

Unfortunately, it would be a method for people to show discontent towards another without risking any form of punishment.
For example, to show you dislike someones idea now you have to actually say it, but as to not get your post deleted or receive a ban, you need to pretty much be nice and or constructive.
Which is a good thing. The moderators do a decent job deleting nasty comments and I am glad they ultimately force people to remain civil (I bet they hate Mondays).
Disliking can be used to harass. eg. 'X player is known to make a lot of posts about X topic and Y players get 'tired of them talking' so down vote every single thing they say'

While I do feel it could be good for down voting suggestions that a lot of people dislike, ultimately it would not benefit the forums at all.

[Lambdafish]

I'd like a dislike button for TitanMen posts

[Sebazy]

I'd like a dislike button for TitanMen posts

Now this I can get behind

[linay]

I think some people would want an increase in dislikes. I prefer no reaction if you don't like a post. Let the (0) have its usage.

(Actually, I prefer no like button either, but it's here, so whatever.)