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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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justbob · 61-69, M
So if Republicans post that they do not approve of the Biden administration or if Democrats post that they did not approve of the Trump administration and in either case they get a bunch of "downvotes" it leads to the poster being sanctioned by the website. Am I the ony one who sees a problem with that?
MethDozer · M
@justbob yep!
justbob · 61-69, M
@MethDozer Okey Dokey then
Nuno · Admin
@justbob If the good reactions surpass the [valid/legit] downvotes, it will be fine. The times I've seen the opposite happening, the posts were inappropriate, and also got valid reports. I'm yet to see a case where what you said happened unfairly.
justbob · 61-69, M
@Nuno Sorry. Not buying it. But what the heck the site was free. I guess I won't lose much by wiping the dust from my feet as I leave.
MartinII · 70-79, M
@justbob You certainly are not the only one.
MartinII · 70-79, M
@Nuno If the posts were inappropriate, there were other ways of dealing with them !!!
beckyromero · 36-40, F
@Nuno

All I can say is that you must be very apolitical to really believe that politically engaged people with very strong views won't use the downvote as a weapon against people they vehemently disagree about on policies.
Yeah. It ‘s not as if there isn’t a report feature already in place to file a complaint. My guess is they’re just going to leave this up to some indiscriminate AI to automatically tabulate downvotes when you get ganged up on and then you’ll be downgraded. Cancel culture wins again. @justbob @MartinII