no one tries to downvote brigade instead of using their brain
That's why I think downvotes should come with a reply. Your downvote goes into a pending status and you have an hour to reply. If you don't reply, the downvote doesn't happen. To counter just random text and name calling on the reply, the account downvoted can contest it to the sub's mods.
That's way too much checks and controls to handle for the server and people moderating subs
Imagine if you had to validate every post with a downvote in a q sub....
Besides, some subs are owned by "system", there are no humans moderating anything, like s/news for instance if memory serves
I know it's messy, but it is a possible solution that would prevent downvote brigading.
Well we already have one, what would be the point? Feed downvote junkies?
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