When were downvotes no longer a thing?

[BitBitio he/him]

Just wondering.

[Archer he/him]

November 21st, 2017. RIP lamespren rank. 

 

Edited July 21, 2018 by Archer

[BitBitio he/him]

Not so!

@Ete'ni

 

 

 

Dang, that's more recent than I thought... I was thinking 2015...

[Ammanas]

I say good riddance to downvotes. The 17th shard, while usually a friendly happy bunch, has enough drama, anger, and tears without adding that molotov cocktail to the mix. I think it became a happier place without that particular feature.

[Voidus]

I think it was a useful feature that a minority of people abused but it became a touchy subject for a lot of people and there was a lot of negative sentiment towards it as well. I think our community has always been a supportive one, even when we had downvotes it was a vast minority of people who ever dipped into negative reputation.

[Chaos he/him]

I don't think the site is necessarily better for not having downvotes. Now people get very touchy in contentious topics, like, "oh wow this got THIS many upvotes? This site sucks I can't believe so many would like such an opinion." 

Still, there was a lot of contention around downvotes too, so the site is probably a bit better, but there are tradeoffs in any system.

[chongjasmine]

I think the site is good, with or without downvotes.

[BitBitio he/him]

46 minutes ago, chongjasmine said:

I think the site is good, with or without downvotes.

Obviously. 

 

 

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Note: no malice of any sort was intended in that comment.