Some clarifications about the Downvote

Hi everyone, ✌️

Thank you very much for your feedback in relation to the Downvote. 👎
We totally understand that many/most of you are not happy with it.

However, based on the feedback we're reading, I'd like to clarify some points:

1) If your posts/replies frequently have many good reactions, and sometimes you get 1 or 2 downvotes, out of MANY good reactions, [b]you really shouldn't have to worry[/b]. 👍

2) If there is a user that has been downvoting you in many posts, [b]that user will eventually start seeing less contents from you[/b]. 📉

3) You don't have to worry [b]if a user tries to use multiple accounts to downvote you. Either the system knows about it already, or will know in the future[/b], and that will only go wrong on that user, [u]and never affect you[/u]. 🚩
Only a few users have attempted this so far, and we've sent notifications to those users. The targeted users [u]were not affected[/u] by the fake downvotes.

4) A comment or post will only be pushed down [b]if the amount of downvotes surpass the amount of good reactions[/b] (and only if a [u]minimum[/u] of downvotes was reached, for that to happen). You [u]don't have to worry[/u] about the visibility of your contents being impacted [u]just because of 1 or 2 downvotes, when you got several good reactions[/u] too. 📊

5) Even if a post of yours got more downvotes than good reactions, [b]it doesn't mean that your audience will be impacted on other stories/questions that you post in the future[/b]. It only affects the post that got downvoted. 📚

5) The downvote does have a slight impact on your account reputation, but [b]that impact is VERY negligible[/b]. If you [u]maintain a much higher amount of good reactions, versus the amount of downvotes[/u], [b]your account will NEVER suffer any consequences[/b]. Only accounts who have more downvotes than good reactions are the ones that will be really impacted. 😊

[b]In summary:[/b] You don't have to worry if you get a few downvotes here and there. Only if the amount of downvotes surpasses the amount of good reactions (very rare cases), you would be affected. [b]Only troublemakers will be affected by the downvote.[/b]

I want to apologize again for not being clear in my original post when it was announced.

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Thank you for your support and we hope you continue to stay with us.

We are constantly listening to your suggestions, so please keep giving them to us, as they are very important to the future of Similar Worlds.

Very kind regards, 🧡
- The SW Team

SW-User

I still do not like it.

I do not want posts and comments to be pushed to the bottom just because other people don't like them. I expect that to happen to many unpopular political opinions. If downvoting were only a matter of what [i]I[/i] see, then muting and blocking is adequate. People will receive downvotes for being unpopular, not solely for being "troublemakers". And we have the report button to take care of them.

It's a superfluous feature that, to me, makes the experience here worse.

Nuno · Admin

@SW-User As explained in the post above, only if the amount of [valid/legit] downvotes [b][c=BF0000]surpass[/c][/b] the amount of good reactions, then that post will be pushed down to everyone. These should be rare cases.

SW-User

@Nuno How rare would it really be, though? It would only take 2 downvotes vs. 1 heart to push a comment to the bottom. It's feasible that two people disagreed with a comment and got to it first (perhaps they downvoted it before anyone even had a chance to heart it, thus pushing it out of sight and making it less likely to be noticed by anyone who might heart it). In that case it depends more on who gets to it first, those who like the comment or those who don't. In which case the idea that a comment is "obviously bad" because it has more downvotes than positive reactions is not sound reasoning.