I feel there is already enough stigma (maybe too much) to using the downvote button. Is there a problem this will solve? I'm not seeing a problem. It's already transparent enough to the user imo.
Maybe but it doesn’t allow anymore transparency than currently exists it just makes it easier to look at. Thoughts?
The list for the user, yes, just allows an easier format and as AOU pointed out, it can easily let you look at older posts/comments that people might be using to downvote you.
I'm not sure allowing everyone to see other's downvotes is good/bad, idk.
I like the first idea best myself.
Is there a problem this will solve? I'm not seeing a problem. It's already transparent enough to the user imo.
There have been some smartasses who thought that using throwaway accounts to game votes from old posts/comments would pass without being noticed.
These new features would list by the most recent to the oldest downvote.
Admittedly, I'm aloof so perhaps I don't see as much as others however, I don't think that down voting is so much stigmatized here as it is personalized. Casting a down vote here is akin throwing a punch in person. If I hit that button I should first be able to articulate a counter argument or at a minimum point to a flaw in your reasoning. Short of that I had better suck up my resentment for your having the audacity to post something I disagree with or at least admit to myself that I'm so petty that I can't allow you to respond.
Personalized is a good way to look at it. Usually I just ignore rather than downvote. There is a user or two that I feel deserve downvotes on a regular basis, not because I disagree, but one is prone to offtopic rants, and the other is a larping idiot. In both cases. I'm not sure replying and downvoting works either. I could say "stay on topic", or "quit larping, faggot", idk.
I choose to look the other way instead of downvoting. Maybe that is good, the system is working as intended? I'm not so sure.
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