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I'm all for a voting system, but if those votes have consequences, then I agree voting should be regulated to avoid large groups forcing their viewpoints on others. Also, if votes come with consequences besides that of people seeing your vote counts then I wouldn't call it speech.

I'm all for a voting system, but if those votes have consequences, then I agree voting should be regulated to avoid large groups forcing their viewpoints on others.

Also, if votes come with consequences besides that of people seeing your vote counts then I wouldn't call it speech.

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[–] • 1 pt

I think it's wrong to assume the up arrow means "I agree." I tend to upvote people who put some effort in, even if I'm arguing with them. Up could also mean "important."

Having to explain or defend bad UI/UX just means that the design is poorly thought out.

Maybe.

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So if up can mean "important", why would down not mean "unimportant"? There needs to be a consistent UI/UX and definitions if people are going to make such a big deal about this. If you can't answer what "up" is supposed to mean, then it's clearly not defined and understood on Poal. That's a failure.

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Well, that's a UI concern that I guess is worth arguing about. But there are plenty of other UI problems on Poal that none of these concerned new users are addressing, which leads me to believe what they really want is a feature change.

Currently an upvote moves a post up. A downvote doesn't move a post down. The people who have a problem with the inconsistency I'm guessing would rather have the downvote's function changed than have it removed or have the UI changed in some other way.