09-25-2020, 05:20 AM
(09-25-2020, 04:25 AM)Dendrocalamus64 Wrote: Just turn downvoting off & purge the existing downvotes from the database.
This is history repeating itself. Downvotes upset people, upvotes don't. It's not worth the mods' time to try to police an elaborate set of rules for when users may downvote each other. The only forums that leave downvoting on after seeing how it works are the ones that actively want to foster a toxic climate. Anybody who's been watching the reputation histories for the past few days/weeks knows it's just been causing endless running fights & endless cycles of retribution. And it always works like that. It's a system that just encourages people to abuse it.
Gets my vote! The reputation system is not fit for purpose and wide open to abuse -- it's not meant for expressing that you disagree with someone. It ought to be completely disabled all signs of it removed completely. What would be better would be a way to give thanks to someone for a useful/good post. Note I do not mean the reputation system limited to +1 voting only!