In our previous announcement, we announced that we closed downvotes.
Some people found it right, some people hated it, some people hesitated. At the end of the day, since we are on a disorganised platform like fediverse, I find the decision we took right. However, I was also annoyed by the lack of downvotes. So I searched for a solution.
I think the planned post flair support will be a good improvement in this regard. But it seems to take a long time to develop.
What do you think about limiting downvotes to only members of that community? I see it as the optimal way in the current situation.
Please vote with empathy, not just as a user, but assuming you are a poster user. Is it right decision?
Poll: https://strawpoll.com/DwyoDBooDnA
Result: done.
I think it’s a good solution. To date, I’ve been on the fence about disabling downvotes. I can see the positive impact it’s had for posters who can be more confident that they won’t be downvoted into oblivion by others. But not having downvotes has been hard to get used to, it somehow makes upvotes seem less valuable
Will it be possible to prevent someone from subscribing to a community to downvote and then unsubscribing?
Not sure how many downvoters would go through this exercise, but if this workaround is possible then the rule would seem a little bit pointless.
It would be nice if votes, up or down, could be weighted or scaled somehow so that the votes of more active users would count for more. Users who never post or comment just get one vote per click, but users users that actually make post would get more votes per click according to some formula.
I’ll add buffer for that if it gets accepted.