Allow dislike

[DungeonLords]

I suggest to allow like and dislike votes. Dislike is important to indicate that the post contains wrong/weird information or working but not good technical decision. This is how best practices work.

[Andrew Neil]

The trouble with this is that it can (and does) get abused; eg, as a grudge against the poster - rather than a comment on the content.

Also, just a “dislike” doesn’t tell what is wrong with the content.

 

to indicate that the post contains wrong/weird information or working but not good technical decision

Probably best to address that in a reply ?

[unsigned_char_array]

• I generally agree with allowing dislike buttons, but I don’t think the ST forum is the right place for it.
• On social media you want to rate public posts/videos and individual comments and look at the ratio.
• Here I occasionally upvote a comment when a user has a good idea or the same problem to highlight that comment. And I never had the desire to downvote.
• ST forum posts don’t get many views on average, so the ratio becomes unreliable anyway
• If the post is in violation of the terms it should be reported.
• If you disagree with the contents you can just reply and explain why you disagree.
• Even stackoverflow encourages adding a comment under a question or an answer before downvoting.
• The previous forum didn’t have a dislike feature either. If it was and it was used heavily I’d understand the reason to preserve it.