I was just noticing (perhaps it’s just a coincidence)… That with the exception of the posts whe...

I noticed the same thing. Looks like the downvote is pretty much gone.

Is the downvote now visible?
At least it will stop all the nasty bullying

Elessar · 26-30, M

I'll continue to use it against trolls and rightwing psychos as per my usual.

Even better if they know where it's coming from, lol

helenS · 36-40, F

I have never used the downvote feature so far, but if I did, I wouldn't downvote anonymously. I would identify myself as the one who clicked the downvote button.

SW-User

Maybe it's coincidence? I think the whole thing should be gone, as it's entirely negative (the ability to report already existed).

I saw a post today, someone took a screenshot of downvotes on a post they asked... and it made me worry (yes I worry a lot), this would become the new norm to shame people on here (which does happen).

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

Yep. Cowards.

I mean, abolishing downvote would be a better option but nobody knows who all the VIPs are.

Bushranger · 70-79, M

I think that confirms my belief that many people who downvote are basically cowards. Not all, of course.

DeWayfarer · 61-69, M

I guess I wouldn't know. Only got a few down votes and those were all political replies I made. I do tend to jump around from multiple groups now because they both diabled the new-post link. Them saying "it was an exploit".

Yet my feed is so slow that it's not worth it. So I go directly to the groups. Those are not filtered by anything. And are chronological within the group. No mixing by popularity. I don't want popular posts anyway.

SubstantialKick · 36-40, M

Like someone else said it sounds like a way to get people to spend money on VIP.

SW-User

Oh great now you've triggered my desire to downvote posts

ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M

Oh my, I didn't even realize the policy had changed.

Peaceandnamaste · 26-30, F

Oh no there goes the downvotes again.

SW-User

Yeah because they don't want to suffer the huge harassment they will get.

SW-User

i think it's a very volatile way to encourage the purchase of VIP. i wish the entire site would just boycott it altogether. we have the power, but little will to unite... i thought. maybe there is hope.

remember, y'all, people can hide their VIP status. it was always a coward's way, keeping it secret. either show all to all, or get rid of it. we could all get rid of it via boycott.