Site Updates and New Managment

[Jonius7]

That's confusing then, it would make things more complex and undoing it isn't as easy as clicking the down button anymore. In fact, having that function is a bit redundant on removing the downvote in the first place.

[Art_of_camelot]

What if someone clicks the report link it also downrates?

That could cause people mass reporting posts that may just be a little rude and not really need to be reported. It would basically have a similar effect to having the downrate button, only staff would get spammed with reported posts as well.

[Jonius7]

Actually I didn't think of that with the mass reporting, good point AoC.
After mass reporting there would be no easy way to undo the downvotes, unless of course it was one downvote per person. But as I said, makes the removal of the downvote completely redundant.

[Jonius7]

So downvotes removed as it is for now, which I think makes things much simpler overall and no mass downvoting craze weird feeling option there for temptation.

[saintrunner]

Wait, downvotes were removed? Why? Why is there still upvotes, of there is nothing to contrast them? This doesn't make much sense too me O.o

[Jonius7]

It kinda does make sense if you read the first post carefully.
And this is so that the Post Ratings can continue, but that the abuse of downvotes is removed.
I know it does seem unbalanced now as you can't downvote, but that's how it is, I guess.

[saintrunner]

huHmmm, well I really hope omnimaga doesn't become too much like Facebook what of downrates became available once you had a certain amount of posts or even uprates! That would balance out more

[Jonius7]

That probably would work ok in most cases, we'd have to see what the managers say about that.
And I guess that's why Facebook doesn't have a dislike button, so it doesn't get abused, and people get cyberbullied using that button.