If they obey coc, they’re fine. I’ve been suspended a couple times, but both deserved it.
I don’t think that particular dislike system should return, either. Hitting dislike on a reply or topic should not hide or remove it.
Sadly, flagging is done not with the intent of removing actual spam, trolling or inappropriate posts but rather to silence. Flagging should be done legitimately, but it isn’t.
Adding a dislike function could replace users’ false flagging.
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I’d honestly prefer people used their dislike of a person’s opinion to create discussion, to actually tell them why they disagree and make a counterpoint, than to slap a dislike button and move on.
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Yea. I mean. There are more than a few who post here that would say th at belief is not rock solid.
While this has been stated previously, I disagree. I don’t believe a dislike or thumbs-down feature would eliminate counter-arguments whatsoever. Honestly, I believe posters are more prone to post if they disagree with something. The only difference would be, really, that they could also click dislike, too.
It’s similar to how, although players are able to click like, don’t move on and instead like and reply.
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It would change nothing. They swapped one function for another that in essence does something similar. They should only have the “Report” button, nothing more. It should go to a mod, the mod should look at it, decide what to do and thats the end of it.
I think you’re implying flagging is meant to be used as, more or less, a dislike function. It isn’t.
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Trust me. I have many posts flagged as I’m actually a supporter of BfA (and you know how the forums feel about this topic 
) but rarely suspended over it unless it’s deserved.
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It isnt “meant” to be used as one, but thats how people are using it.
I’d say the forum population is about 50/50 BfA supportive and anti-BfA, wouldn’t you? Maybe my perception’s off.
Yes, and so let’s have an actual dislike function and leave the flagging or reporting function have legitimate usage instead of being a means to silence posters.
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Eh I’d say 25/75. The latter being people who dislike. That’s always how the forums are.
It would be abused the same way for the same reason, that is my point.
I see a lot of anti-BfA topics and they seem to get swarmed with BfA support. My own confirmation bias, probably.
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No thanks.
I don’t miss downvoting and I’m glad it’s gone. People abused the ever-living fel outta it.
I don’t think it’d be abused anymore than the like function is. I do think it would alleviate the frequency of false flagging, however. Additionally, I would just enjoy a dislike feature, period. For me, there’s a like feature and so there should also be a dislike feature.
Yeah, I wouldn’t want that back either. I would like to see a dislike feature that doesn’t hide/remove replies and topics, though.
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You don’t understand that dislikes did that, like way more often than flagging ever did.
I understand that dislikes were abused as flagging is now, albeit more often. I think a large element of that was that flagging actually resulted in the hiding or removal of replies and topics. I don’t believe that should happen.
Exactly this. If there is a dislike function, it should only be an arbitrary display of numbers clicked. Thats it. No topic hiding/removal.
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Perfect. Agreed.
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This is wrong though, when flagging happens 99% of the time it’s warranted for being unrelated or straight up toxic, if you get a post flagged you messed up, whereas dislikes created a hivemind of cancel culture, I’ve been on these forums since the day it opened, I would know.
I’m curious to know your experience, Im willing to bet whatever you saw getting flagged was awful.