Changes to the reputation system.

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Originally Posted by BlindHaze

Perhaps we can vote for which moderators leave. And then you overrule us.... ;)

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Touché.

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Originally Posted by LachNessMeownster

Well I didn’t expect for everyone pop a cork when I announced this XD

If you’re voting out Smolson, I’m on board.

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It's comments like this that demonstrate why a downvote is needed... Besides Darian told me that as long as I like his cat pictures I can stay for as long as I want.

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Originally Posted by LachNessMeownster

Well I didn’t expect for everyone pop a cork when I announced this XD

If you’re voting out Smolson, I’m on board.

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Trouble in paradise?

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Originally Posted by BlindHaze

Perhaps we can vote for which moderators leave. And then you overrule us.... ;)

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Make a poll winner gets a farewell gold pekka and the usual million gem handshake.

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Originally Posted by Smolson

It's comments like this that demonstrate why a downvote is needed... Besides Darian told me that as long as I like his cat pictures I can stay for as long as I want.

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And the bromance continues.

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Originally Posted by Sneakymaori

Trouble in paradise?



Make a poll winner gets a farewell gold pekka and the usual million gem handshake.



And the bromance continues.

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A million gems? It’s worth getting booted out just for that.

Interesting you say gems and not diamonds though. No moderation needed in Hay Day because everyone there is too nice.

Unstickeied again:smirk:

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Originally Posted by Ishmaam

Unstickeied again:smirk:

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lachness and smolson are twins. one of them sticky this thread and the other unsticky the thread.
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Originally Posted by 2222

I don’t think the lack of benefit matters much since the ability to down vote without a comment is better than no down votes at all, but moderators figuring out why the post was down voted is a good point I hadn’t thought of. Usually, you should be able to just read a post and see if it deserved a down vote, but there might be times where the person, if they had the option to leave a comment, would describe it as “this post combined with the three others earlier in this thread” etc. In the end, I do think no comments on up or down votes is a good alternative to getting rid of down votes completely. I think they do a small part to help keep the forums less toxic. If it is causing a lot of extra work behind the scenes, though, we all understand and I hope none of the moderators think we don’t appreciate it when we are speaking in favor of the down vote remaining.

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The main reason we are getting rid of downvotes is that in our opinion (and we see a lot that most of you don't), they are having exactly the opposite effect. Downvotes have turned out to be frequently used in a very toxic manner.

It isn't just the fact it is creating a lot of extra wor, it is the reasons for that extra work that is the issue.

The CR forums were by far the most work for us, but we very strongly wanted to keep them

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Originally Posted by Ajax

The main reason we are getting rid of downvotes is that in our opinion (and we see a lot that most of you don't), they are having exactly the opposite effect. Downvotes have turned out to be frequently used in a very toxic manner.

It isn't just the fact it is creating a lot of extra wor, it is the reasons for that extra work that is the issue.

The CR forums were by far the most work for us, but we very strongly wanted to keep them

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I hate to continue beating the dead horse and maybe it's quite pointless (usually is), downvotes have been used in a toxic manner BECAUSE of the ability to leave a comment. That toxicity is going to continue. You can bet on that. They'll just do it through PMs, visitor messages, etc. So, the downvote, itself, is not the toxic part. It's the comment. In that sense, I don't see why we can't have the downvote in place without the comment.

At that point, there wouldn't need to be any investigation unless someone reports that he/she was downvoted for no reason. Typically, that can be seen fairly quickly by looking at the comment that was downvoted.

Anywho, my two cents.

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Originally Posted by xc3ss1v30n3

I hate to continue beating the dead horse and maybe it's quite pointless (usually is), downvotes have been used in a toxic manner BECAUSE of the ability to leave a comment. That toxicity is going to continue. You can bet on that. They'll just do it through PMs, visitor messages, etc. So, the downvote, itself, is not the toxic part. It's the comment. In that sense, I don't see why we can't have the downvote in place without the comment.

At that point, there wouldn't need to be any investigation unless someone reports that he/she was downvoted for no reason. Typically, that can be seen fairly quickly by looking at the comment that was downvoted.

Anywho, my two cents.

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Lach is looking into whether its possible. Right now, it doesn't appear we can disable the comments altogether. Personally, I like the idea of shutting off the comments, but it may not be possible.

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Originally Posted by Ajax

The main reason we are getting rid of downvotes is that in our opinion (and we see a lot that most of you don't), they are having exactly the opposite effect. Downvotes have turned out to be frequently used in a very toxic manner.

It isn't just the fact it is creating a lot of extra wor, it is the reasons for that extra work that is the issue.

The CR forums were by far the most work for us, but we very strongly wanted to keep them

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All I can suggest is you give MsHaze an orange badge. She’ll sort anyone out, no one would mess with her. If you need any references then I can tell you that she keeps me in check. And that’s no mean feat as I’m sure you know.