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Why can’t the downvote feature just be invisible?

It’s used to curate our feeds, right? So why should anyone other than the downvoter have to see it? What’s the point in making users feel like their content isn’t welcome?

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Thank you everyone who commented to help me understand this situation! Unfortunately I’ve always been a little naive in the way I try to see the best in people. I do that to a fault and gave the admins the benefit of the doubt. So I was stumped when I saw this built in tool we could see specifically made to put people down. The excuse they gave was curating our feed, but that didn’t add up. If that was truly the point, then we wouldn't need to see it. You all helped point out that seeing it makes it an advertisement and tempts people to buy VIP so they can see who specifically downvoted. In other words, this harmful feature to the SW community that promotes, drama, trolling, and makes people feel bad is done purely for the sake of them profiting off your pain. It makes sense when you view it like this. Sad to see my reason for leaving was and still is justified.
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DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
Poll was taken. Yet the poll didn't have the most important answer, which was to remove the DV.

They went "STRICTLY" by the highest poll results, which was to allow VIPS to see their DVs and no one else's DVs.

They actually knew the result before the poll though. It was worded in such a way that the most would be for VIPs. They actually wanted to use that option regardless of the poll. It makes VIP option that much more attractive.
Reject · 31-35, M
@DeWayfarer I do understand the VIP incentive now, but why can the rest of us still see it?
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
@Reject because you won't buy VIP! That's the incentive. To bring in more money.
Reject · 31-35, M
@DeWayfarer Right. It’s like an advertisement. That makes sense now. People will see the downvote and be tempted to find out who it is with VIP.
uncalled4 · 56-60, M
@DeWayfarer A poll was taken early on, BEFORE it was instituted and was voted DOWN, and they f-in did it anyway. It's just like now, they're doing as they please. They couldn't care less about what we think.
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
@uncalled4 this was a newer poll. Only a few months ago.

My biggest objection to either poll was the no DV option was on either. Yes a lot of people objected. If fact more than a majority objected. Yet they really didn't care. Only the highest poll result, which was in fact a minority of everyone "REPLYING" was taken into factor.

The poll result was "technically" legit, because few actually voted. Your correct though that it wasn't wanted by the replies. Yet that wasn't an option on the poll.

I have at least read every admin announcement posted on here including the very first. It's how I know that it was the second post made! Not the first.
@DeWayfarer The original poll, whether or not to have a downvote, was not honored, even though more people voted against it.
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
@bijouxbroussard dislike isn't a downvote!

Look at the bottom far right! That's a dislike they were referring to. In 2018 even that wasn't available.

@DeWayfarer If the people already said they didn’t want a dislike button, why would they want a downvote button?
What’s the difference ? 🤦🏽‍♀️
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
@bijouxbroussard difference is on how it's used. Dislike never effected your feed. None of those effect your feed. DV actually does effect your feed.
@DeWayfarer They didn’t reveal how they were going to use the dislike button when it was proposed. I asked Andrew and he basically acknowledged this was that. He said that they decided there wasn’t "enough of a difference" in poll results between the yeas and nays to offset the "benefits" they decided it would provide.
DeWayfarer · 61-69, M
@bijouxbroussard I suspect they knew very well, just by the fact of the proposal with a vote at that. I've had conversations with both on this. They are not always in agreement. In fact there's a bit of rivalry between them.

Funny fact. While Andrew made the first admin announcement, Nuno jumped the gun on him so his is the first post while Andrew's is the second.