Ok I'll bite. I agree the downvote button is not a disagree button. If the down vote is not to be used for obvious spam, unrelated comments or topics from someone who has contributed nothing to the site, when is the down vote to be used in your opinion?
Personally I think we should do away with both up and down buttons. Maybe have posts "rated" on views. And comments don't need a rating at all. To me it just seems to encourage group think.
Yeah I suggested removing downvotes as well, but then someone else suggested people will just manipulate upvotes. I still think my idea could work which was replace downvote with a spam button. Clicking spam button puts it in admin/super mod queue for review and possible deletion. Super mod is equivalent of janitor on voat -- just hate the name janitor for such an important position.
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