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by Jay Was Here - AYPWIP on November 6th, 2009
No.
Being able to leave a comment with downrating will only breed anger, hatred, and arguments.
Best option is to remove the downrate feature completely.
Answers that are nonsense, spam, or offensive are worthy of a flag and removal.
Answers that are wrong or don't match your views just don't deserve a plus.
Take away the trolls food supply and they will eventually move onto other things.
dazed is now going to ask a dazed question so please help: How do you downrate people? Seriously.It's not the same as flagging is it?
by dazed on November 29th, 2010
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Bring back the point system with downrates and points: What do you think?
by Bohemian is back on February 19th, 2011
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Is there an incentives of being top 1 on the answerbag's leaderboard?
by ITSMEROD PH on September 7th, 2010
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Don't you wish you could downrate especially egregiously stupid questions and answers?
by Cowtipper on May 23rd, 2010
| 1 person likes this
How do you give points?
by Kittenlady is waving to a friend on June 23rd, 2011
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See I don't have a problem with the down rate option. I just wish that people would more clearly define why they disagree. If they do it in a comment, it might help them become more clarified in their respective positions in arguments. Just down rating because you don't agree isn't helping in that particular way. Obviously, just in my opinion. +4
by Stevie on November 6th, 2009
But why downrate those who don't agree with you if you can just uprate those who do?
Still feel free to leave a comment, but what good does showing an ugly red negative in that person's feedback do?
by Jay Was Here - AYPWIP on November 6th, 2009
It gives that person a reason to find out why someone disagrees with them. Instead of not seeing a comment or a plus rating, which I don't personally find useful. I don't go out looking for the highest rated answers/ questions, but to see different perspectives.
by Stevie on November 6th, 2009
Again I ask, why downrate at all?
A comment without an uprate or a downrate is just as effective... if not more.
Simply comment with your objections to the answer, or to ask the person to elaborate on his position then move on.
Doing that rather than downrating would serve a better purpose.
Look around the site. People get pissed because of downrates. Automatically they lash out at those who gave them negative points... even if the person giving it explained why in a comment.
If a comment had just been given without the downrate, many of those conversations could have turned out to be enlightening arguments.
by Jay Was Here - AYPWIP on November 6th, 2009
Ok, I understand your point. Good answer.
by Stevie on November 6th, 2009