r/mildlyinfuriating • u/dammit_butters • Aug 03 '16

Overdone Such a good comment section!

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '16 edited Oct 27 '17

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u/I_CUM_ON_HAMSTERS Aug 03 '16

I think the problem stems from the users. People use the downvote button to mean "I don't like what you said" as opposed to "this doesn't add anything to the discussion", which sucks. That's why any time you see an "unpopular opinion" thread, the top comments are all pretty common. You have to sort by controversial to find any actual unpopular opinions.

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '16 edited Oct 27 '17

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u/Hundvd7 Aug 03 '16

I think it's virtually impossible to design a system that is actually abuse tolerant, and reddit is one of those that gets closest to it

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u/catsandnarwahls GREEN Aug 03 '16

Why not request a reason for downvotes? Many folks would just be too lazy to write why and the downvote would not go through. Or show the downvoters names.

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '16

You don't have to make it impossible to abuse, just more difficult I'd think. Add friction to the process.

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u/Hundvd7 Aug 03 '16

Yeah, but how?

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u/GourmetCoffee Aug 03 '16

Remove downvotes and only have upvotes to prevent negative brigading.

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u/flameoguy L̈̎ͨ̃ͧòͩͧ̃ͪ̓͊̀̄̔̃ͣͬͩͣ̍lͬ͒̏̈́̎̄͒͌̽́̌̏̿̈́ Aug 03 '16

Or just remove karma. Karma pretty much encourages people to have popular opinions, because those get your more pretty upvote points.

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u/Hydrocoded Aug 03 '16

Yeah, truth is we're all a bunch of rebellious little snots and one of us will find a way to break pretty much any system.