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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1) There is "NO Meaningful Penalty" that is inflicted upon other users, by Downvoting their posts.
2) The user of "Down-voting" is heavily limited, even if one were to attempt abusing the feature via "Multiple accounts".
3) Down-voting is meant more as a "Dissociation" feature, for improved relevance in user feeds.
If a user is posting a lot of "junk" or bad topics that you do not like, Disliking their post, will cause you to slowly see LESS of that user's content, over time.
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).
Please don't mistake this "Down-vote" feature as a way to easily penalize and limit other users.
It will mostly only cause users to see less of the content they don't like, and it may reduce conflicts in the long-run, by creating a bit more distance between conflicting users.
We suggest the use of:
👎 Down-vote Reaction - in the cases where you strongly Dislike a user's post or intent behind a post.
😡 Upset Reaction - in cases where you are Upset about an incident / topic / story, rather than being upset with the posting user themselves.
Getting too many downvotes will cause account restrictions (just like Abuse Reports do)
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SW-User
@Andrew that makes more sense and should have been explained in the beginning…it was made out that it was an easier way to report and restrict users without having to give a reason
@Andrew You can put a cherry on top of a pile of BS and it's still BS
Nice spin attempt tho ... this feature was not well thought out ... AND you didn't survey us beforehand to see if there was a need ...
But just from your response, it sounds as tho your heels are dug in and you're going to stick with it .... so much for listening to the user base and making this site what users want ...
@Andrew Why is the user of "Down-voting" heavily limited, if there is "NO Meaningful Penalty" that is inflicted upon other users, by Downvoting their posts.
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, 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, as Andrew said, 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)
@Andrew The whole idea of the downvote is terrible...and when 2 admins explain it differently, it only makes it even more of a problem. Please just get rid of this, and don't consider it again.
@Andrew Okay, this sounds more much palatable than the original description. Thank you for the clarification and I guess we’ll see how it all works out. 🙂
@Nuno So if I was getting a lot of downvotes I could easily change topics or be less offensive but in this case NO because I can't see the downvotes this is only for Admin to see?????
@BalmyNites if I make a horrible post that gets down voted out of relevance and pushed down the feed… but there’s virtually no impact to me… or restriction, without a report for breaking TOS, I’m okay with that. It’s on me to make good posts that users like to stay relevant in the feed. Penalize a particular post of mine… fine, as long as I’m as a user not in trouble.
