Downvote brigading is more likely to promote a herd mentality. And that is certainly what the feature would be used for if the downvotes were able to hide posts.
So would downvotes push a post/comment to the bottom? If so, then change that feature. If not, then remove the button entirely and replace with a Report Spam button or live with the fact heavily downvoted posts/comments would remain where they are based on time of posting (and whatever algorithms deal with upvote velocity and such).
As it is it seems like nothing more than a risk/reward button to condition users to act the way the admin wants. I'm not even that bunged up about making downvotes not a signal for disagreement, but it seems arbitrary and ill-suited to its supposed goal.
If not, then remove the button entirely and replace with a Report Spam button
Yeah, it's not a bad idea. That's a UI call if anything.
But I don't really buy that all these concerned new users are upset over the UI. They want a feature change. No one new here is pointing out to that PIF is a pointless and terrible acronym, or that there is a grammatical error built into the poll feature.
Impeach!
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