Upvote vs Downvote Question
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@Glitch
So does the forum only notify on upvotes? I have at times noticed someone upvoting something but seeing a 0 in the post total, while still showing their name on voicover. Also, I can't recall ever seeing a downvote notification, but probability is implausibly low that nobody's ever downvoted me.Pretty lame if it doesn't notify on downvotes (or show the names of downvoters) but does for upvotes. Boo.
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I just want to be able to shut off notification for upvote (and downvote?).
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Yeah, I just noticed today that apparently 'hovering' will show names of who upvoted a post, but not who downvoted it. I second that boo.
Edit : I now have another question. Please excuse me while I alternate upvoting/downvoting raptor's post for a few seconds. Do you get more than one notification?
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@Tempest said:
Yeah, I just noticed today that apparently 'hovering' will show names of who upvoted a post, but not who downvoted it. I second that boo.
Edit : I now have another question. Please excuse me while I alternate upvoting/downvoting raptor's post for a few seconds. Do you get more than one notification?
Nah, only the one, but I do get a bunch of notifications if a bunch of people upvote the same post. Thanks, forum, I guess you want me to know I'm... loved?
Being able to shut off vote notifications would be cool, but it's pretty ridiculous that it only shows the upvotes, regardless.
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I'm sure that this is to promote community harmony and prevent retaliative downvoting, but... yeah, I still think it's pretty lame. I don't care if it shows that I downvote someone. I do it so rarely that it's basically a special occasion, anyway, which I think is most of us. Secret downvoting seems kind of dumb. If you hate it enough to downvote, do so proudly.
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It doesn't notify on downvotes, only upvotes. I don't know why. You can see who has downvoted a post, however. If you click on the number between the up and down arrows, it'll list out all who have voted.
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@Glitch said:
It doesn't notify on downvotes, only upvotes. I don't know why. You can see who has downvoted a post, however. If you click on the number between the up and down arrows, it'll list out all who have voted.
It only shows upvotes on that.
ETA: At least to those of us who aren't administrators.
Racism isn't Tinkerbell. It doesn't need you to believe in it for it to exist.
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@Derp You have to click it, not hover over it.
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@Derp Oh. Duuuuuuuuuuuuumb.
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Yeeeep.
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Try downvoting my post? I wonder if I get a notification as an admin.
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Done. Let me know when I can re-vote it so it won't hurt your rep.
Racism isn't Tinkerbell. It doesn't need you to believe in it for it to exist.
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@Derp Nope, no notification for me, either. Harmony and care bears it is!
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@Glitch I can't see who downvoted you by hovering. I think this is a feature, and not a bug, to protect the privacy of naysayers. It's about keeping the environment as non-toxic as possible, which is a farcical goal in the WoD online "community."
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@Anonymous The bboard software we use here isn't really concerned with the online MU'ing community, so it probably just didn't even occur to them. The only options I have regarding reputation is to turn it off completely or turn off just down votes.
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Turning off downvotes entirely might be cool, if it can't be shown who's doing it.
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@Glitch Oh I know they weren't concerned with MU*s/WoD, I'm just stating their likely reasoning and of course why it simply doesn't apply to us.
Turning off reputation may or may not be a good approach. It does amount to a popularity contest on a forum where everybody recognizes the other's usernames, and will up/downvote them whenever a post is made.
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I rarely downvote. I mean really though, this is basically who's like is it anyway, everything is made up and the points don't matter. This is like caring about reddit or voat points.
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Reputation also serves as a threshold bar for user actions; you need a certain number before you're allowed to downvote, or flag. That number is one we can change.
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