Discussion 'Dislike' button

[dudio]

Just curious why the forum threads have a 'Like' button on posts, but not a 'Dislike' ?

 

[kanewolf]

Just curious why the forum threads have a 'Like' button on posts, but not a 'Dislike' ?

The places I have seen that feature, typically disable it because it is easily abused.
IMO, if you don't have something positive to contribute, then stay quiet.
If there is something dangerous or illegal or SPAMMY, you can report the post to moderators.

 

[Metal Messiah.]

Indeed. I agree with Kanewolf. They never gave this option, just to avoid this feature from being misused. People actually abuse such kind of features, as far as I can tell from my experience. Also, giving a dislike can also start harsh arguments, or even a flame war to some extent. Depends on the type of forum as well though.

Though, we can Up-vote or Down-vote any comment or reply/answer, which is actually acceptable and is different as well, but like mentioned above, if there are any fishy posts, then just report/flag that comment.

Even for the up/down vote option, we need to carefully and wisely choose whether the solution given is indeed wrong or correct. Can't misuse it either.

 

[Rogue Leader]

Though, we can Up-vote or Down-vote any comment or reply/answer, which is actually acceptable and is different as well, but like mentioned above, if there are any fishy posts, then just report/flag that comment.

Just use Up and downvote on question posts. Like is reasonably useless.

 

[Metal Messiah.]

Just use Up and downvote on question posts. Like is reasonably useless.

Yes obviously. This vote option is only for the replies made under technical question threads, where the OP is asking for troubleshooting help. For other posts under made under "general discussion" or off topic category, likes are more appropriate.

 

[dudio]

I'm a fool..
I either never noticed, or forgot about the 'vote up/vote down' buttons!
I was up-voting with my like button and wanted a 'duslike' so I could down vote some bad recommendations.... never mind !

 

[Metal Messiah.]

Slightly Off Topic, but speaking of likes and up/down-votes, it appears that YouTube has totally disabled or hidden the dislike count, if I'm not mistaken. Not a single video has any dislike. They might have done this since many users were just abusing and misusing this feature.

But according to YT support, the dislike count will now be private across YouTube, but the dislike button will remain though. Means no public dislikes are displayed.

The same with the DISQUS forum software spanning across several websites, but in this case the down-vote option is still working. A lot of peeps are literally misusing this option, as observed by me. Even if there is a positive or a "constructive" comment, it gets a down-vote just for the heck of it. Disqus users are clearing abusing this option.

I have noticed a lot of good/decent/clean comments getting a down-vote. What gives ? Hope they remove it from Disqus as well. This is getting frustrating for those who want to have a constructive and civil discussion. Also, there is hardly any strict Moderation done in Disqus, so many just take due advantage of this.

Sorry for the OT. I just wanted to share this here.

 

[Little Cat]

I think the dislike button should not come. It just causes controversy.