So downvotes are completely gone now?

How exactly are we suppose to show our disapproval of something … Like all the nurf moria threads on the old forums

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By actually replying to them.

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yea, i feel like the down-vote system was just some anonymous griefing tool (sometimes warranted) for people to just be spiteful to opinions not shared by their own.

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use words to express dislike.

use like heart or use words to express like.

I guess what you are learning is that no one likes your passive agressive downvotes

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People would downvote just to downvote. There is nothing great about an upvote/downvote system in this day and age since people just troll online and downvote opposing ideas even if the argument was valid and made sense.

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So now I’m forced to look at things that got downvoted for saying something stupid or toxic.

oof.

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I feel like the old Up-Downvoting system was moreso used as Mob-Justice than anything else the vast majority of the time. I hated the old up/down-voting system for that exact reason.

I personally like this. A thread will be replied to if people want to state that they agree or disagree, which will cause it to be “bumped” and pushed further to the top. This is a good thing as it means that people can’t just dislike and ignore the post, sending it to Elo-Forum-Hell. Now they have to say it, or just leave.

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If by “forced” you mean allowed to exist. Yes, you are now forced to allow others opinions to exist without being censored because they made you feel sad

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Thank god they are gone! It has good intentions but just wasnt used right. People can downvote you just because they didnt like your opinion even if it was a valid, sound opinion. The whole downvote thing just didnt work.

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I mean, you can still express downvotes still.
Say someone gives off an awful idea, like “reverting Mercy”, you may not see downvotes and only the amount of likes it has, but someone will bring up why that topic is not great and then if you disagree with the OP, then you like the post that disagrees with the OP.

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do the replies look huge to anyone else?

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Yes, because the forum completely abused it. Downvoting unpopular and often correct posts to oblivion, because the general mass is the most knowledgeable. The downvote being removed is extremely healthy for discussion. I’m ecstatic about this.

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God I wish blizzard stop treating its player base like delicate snowflakes. There is nothing wrong with downvotes and give us a scoreboard already!

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Guess that is the whole point, no-one can Dislike anything. Brilliant Blizzard.

Lets see, as a Healer/Tank main I must say I dislike how DPS are…

YEAH, this will work well…

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Articulating a response is way more helpful than just mass downvoting.

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My 2 year old is pretty good at expressing himself with words. You should try that.

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Cuz people complained about them so Blizzard removed them.

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By replying to posts instead, the random downvoting was pretty annoying sometimes. I’d rather people reply and explain what they think than throw a downvote and leave

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People always went for downvote trains

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well yeah, it was too easy to just bury a post you don’t agree with instead of addressing it

now if you disagree with something you actually have to explain why, and if something doesn’t contribute you should report it

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