Negative Feedback Thoughts

"OEII1001;c-17647238" wrote:

"Bluegayle;c-17647138" wrote:
@Scobre Yes. Bring back the disagree button and in my opinion get rid of those silly points and/or even post counts. I swear some simmers constantly post etc just to bring that number up high. Like its some kind of status symbol.
And you are right about covid. Lately my best friend has been my mail carrier and once a week the trash guy. :| Hopefully I will get to connect more with family soon.

I'd prefer to get rid of post voting entirely. Yes, I do enjoy giving people an upvote for good content, and yes it does feel good when other do the same to me, but in terms of what we're talking about in general here with discourse and negativity I think it contributes to a lot of heated factionalism. Person Y says "your favorite version of The Sims is lame" and people give them upvotes. So then Person Z counters with "no, your favorite version of The Sims is lame", resulting in other people giving them upvotes. And the battle is well and truly joined with the upvotes emboldening each side.

That's not just a "here" problem; it's an everywhere problem. It has been my experience that post voting has always been more harmful than it is helpful. Giving an actual downvote only makes that worse, where the sides upvote one person and downvote the other. What I would like to see, and what I think really helps keep things respectful, is an increase in the character requirement per post. Force people to explain their thoughts, and remove the ability for users to make remarks of the short and quippy "no, you're wrong and bad" variety.