The goal of this limitation is to incite people to upvote more than they downvote.
We believe that a downvote is not a "I disagree" button, but a spam/shitpost-troll one. We think replying by using a counter-argument backed with facts is more important than just downvoting something you disagree with.
Ok. That's fine as a philosophy. But I (and other to follow) am looking for a list of these rules. For example:
1- a new user will have 10 DVs per day until you accumulate X number of points.
2- a user who falls below 0 points will not be able to DV any other user
3- any user will not be able to DV MrPim under any circumstances unless they mail me weed.
These kind of rules. These create the system of UV and DV which create the entire voting system. This stuff also creates a part of the entire culture.
Technically the only limitation on downvotes we got is that people can't downvote more than they upvote.
Posts/comments with large negative points are not hidden.
You can't be silenced with downvotes. Brigading doesn't work here.
Hence my question. These rules have to be laid out pretty clearly. Not just for users but for the logic of the coding. Vague rules won't work.
The reason Voats filter works is because the users have the power to DV someone into silence. If you're going to go in a different direction then you'll need to spell it out. Both for coding logic and for users to understand what is what.
That's what I went looking for.
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