I want to make the same request I make on every website with comment-scoring- Get rid of this nonsense! Yes I have made comments people think deserve to be voted down… I’d be making this request regardless. It really doesn’t help with discussion. My suggestion: Remove the downvote, keep the report button. Hateful/ outright stupid messages should be hidden; this shouldn’t be decided by mob rule. The “karma” concept results in unpopular or somewhat uneducated comments being removed from discussion, which I do not consider desirable.
The “karma” concept results in unpopular or somewhat uneducated comments being removed from discussion, which I do not consider desirable.
This isn’t really true. Long conversations routinely spring from downvoted comments. Karma helps ensure high quality comments and helps me know when I’m on the right track and when I’m being stupid. It absolutely helps with discussion and I doubt the place would be the same without it.
I want to make the same request I make on every website with comment-scoring- Get rid of this nonsense! Yes I have made comments people think deserve to be voted down… I’d be making this request regardless. It really doesn’t help with discussion. My suggestion: Remove the downvote, keep the report button. Hateful/ outright stupid messages should be hidden; this shouldn’t be decided by mob rule. The “karma” concept results in unpopular or somewhat uneducated comments being removed from discussion, which I do not consider desirable.
This isn’t really true. Long conversations routinely spring from downvoted comments. Karma helps ensure high quality comments and helps me know when I’m on the right track and when I’m being stupid. It absolutely helps with discussion and I doubt the place would be the same without it.
You neglect the flipside, which is that upvoting promotes insightful, witty, or otherwise worthwhile comments to prominence.