We have just released a Downvote button. It can be found in the same place of the Reactions.
This reaction is invisible to users, including the owner of the post.
However, it is possible to know how many downvotes a post or comment has.
If it is anonymous/invisible, what is the point of it?
Please note that downvoting a Post or a Comment will cause a penalty to the other user's post.
Downvoting a post gives the message to SW that this specific Post is not good.
Getting too many downvotes will cause the Post/Comment to be pushed down (less visibility).
There is NO Meaningful Penalty that is inflicted upon other users, by Downvoting their posts. There will be very negligible impact on any internal "User Reputation" metrics. Even much less impact than "Reporting" a user (which has existed since the beginning of SW).
Abuse, misuse or manipulation
Users are not allowed to abuse, misuse or manipulate Reaction and Downvote features, whether manually, programmatically or otherwise. This includes using multiple accounts to react/downvote, or asking people to react/downvote, or forming or joining a group that reacts/downvotes together.
Abuse or misuse of the Downvote may end up in your account being penalized and limited. We will be alerted of any suspicions of abuse and manipulation attempts.
Downvote vs. Upset Reaction
Downvote has a different meaning to the "Upset" reaction. Downvote means you Dislike the Post/Comment itself. Upset means you are unhappy with the story/news, etc... and causes no bad impact to the user who posted it.
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=== UPDATE ===
Alright everyone - I apologize for not being clear on my post above. What I meant with:
"Getting too many downvotes will cause account restrictions (just like Abuse Reports do)" (which I've removed from my post above, to avoid confusion to other readers)
was more to tell that the Downvote is a "negative reaction", as Reports are also a "negative feature".
My initial intention was to tell those users who were asking to be downvoted, and others who were downvoting their posts, that doing so could cause an impact on the other user's account reputation.
However, Downvoting is in no way as harsh as Reporting is! (I apologize for the confusion)
We will for sure not allow misuse/manipulation either way, but no one will be suspended from Similar Worlds just because a post got 10 downvotes, for example. (unless, of course, the post was highly offensive, which in that case should be Reported to us)
I hope this clarifies some bits.
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Sadly, this is disappointing. The last site implemented the downvote and almost instantly removed it because people immediately started using it to group bully posters they personally disliked, regardless of the post’s content. 😞
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@bijouxbroussard What disappointed me the most is that it reports users. Like, we already have a report system, why do this. And anonymous at that
@bijouxbroussard As we say in the post above, abuse/manipulation is not allowed. There are strict limitations that should prevent abuse. We will also be notified when the system detects users trying to manipulate through multiple accounts, etc.
@bijouxbroussard That’s my fear. Using it to push the thread down maybe (popularity wise,) would be fine but using it to place account restrictions sounds scary. We already have reports in place for TOS violations. This looks like a bully tool.
@Nuno You say that abuse/manipulation is not allowed, but you don't have a way to prevent groups of people (especially if they all have multiple accounts) from working around that. It's a terrible idea, and I'm disappointed in you for introducing it in the first place and for trying to defend it when faced with a lot of (non-anonymous) criticism exposing the weaknesses of the feature. This isn't the place for this feature.
That’s my fear. Using it to push the thread down maybe (popularity wise,) would be fine but using it to place account restrictions sounds scary. We already have reports in place for TOS violations. This looks like a bully tool.
Exactly, it should either have no consequences at all or just push threads down in the feeds.
@MethDozer And has the added risk of getting a user who’s thread I don’t like getting in trouble, which I don’t want. So I won’t use it… when it could have actually been a cool feature.
@SW-User Honeslty I think it’s to cut down on the amount of reports they get. It’s still a way of expressing dislike and they prob feel people need to get that out of their system rather than making a report about it.
