Suggestion Disagree button

[Valiant70]

Just a quick way to say "nah."

For all I care it could just be a "nope" button or something.

 

[CyberTao]

nah

 

[Aesthetics]

I'm inclined to disagree with this.

 

[Valiant70]

nah

I'm inclined to disagree with this.

But now you've both wasted a post to voice nothing more than simple disagreement with an idea. A little icon would have sufficed.

 

[Aesthetics]

But now you've both wasted a post to voice nothing more than simple disagreement with an idea. A little icon would have sufficed.

That's the joke.

 

[Sachys]

That's the joke.

I might actually post my combined joke / logic puzzle that would fit well to this (few years old, also starmade based, so not sure what current moderation would see in it) under the offtopic later in the week.

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As to the OP. We all know we had that and there was at least some abuse. I'd rather see "pfff!", "did you pvp yet?", and "wtf?" styled options alongside so peoples choices are clear when they have "voted" on a post. This could welcome back prior members accused of acting in a certain manner, clear up some feuds and even - perhaps - expose multiple accounts. Of course, I am that mad hermit bloke that said stations are dead and stuff!

Realistically, I expect it like I expect the Spanish Inquisition - only from my wardrobe!

 

[Aesthetics]

Realistically, I expect it like I expect the Spanish Inquisition - only from my wardrobe!

NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition!

 

[Nauvran]

 

[NTIMESc]

I disagree with having a disagree button. If you disagree, then you should explain why you disagree. Once at least one person has given an explanation to support their position, then the rest of the sheeple can jump on the bandwagon and click

 

[Master1398]

I really don't think we need a disagree button. Or a rating system at all. People can and should just reply weather or not they like ideas, posts, whatever - instead of silently nodding. And as stupid as it may sound: we are not facebook.

 

[NTIMESc]

I really don't think we need a disagree button. Or a rating system at all. People can and should just reply weather or not they like ideas, posts, whatever - instead of silently nodding. And as stupid as it may sound: we are not facebook.

The like button serves to draw more attention and support to things the community is interested in without everyone having to write essays that all pretty much say the same thing.
You might think the same logic would apply to a disagree (or hate) button, but for those topics, it's best to either let them die from lack of support, or to engage in an intelligent discourse, with bystanders supporting their preferred position. No booing is necessary.

 

[Valiant70]

I disagree with having a disagree button. If you disagree, then you should explain why you disagree. Once at least one person has given an explanation to support their position, then the rest of the sheeple can jump on the bandwagon and click

x

I really don't think we need a disagree button. Or a rating system at all. People can and should just reply weather or not they like ideas, posts, whatever - instead of silently nodding. And as stupid as it may sound: we are not facebook.

x

 

[Dire Venom]

In all honesty I don't really miss it
The forums have been pretty bare as well, theres very little to disagree with imo.
I could get behind the return of the Funny rating though, that one was and still is quite appropiate.

 

[Valiant70]

In all honesty I don't really miss it
The forums have been pretty bare as well, theres very little to disagree with imo.
I could get behind the return of the Funny rating though, that one was and still is quite appropiate.

Then funny becomes a negative thing. People have used it that way since the disagree rating was first removed.

People don’t seem to like a big red X. So, make it an open hand like someone waving “nah.” So we have “like,” “nah,” and “funny”

 

[kulbolen]

i dont like when people disagree with me OR think things i say are funny. this is for the best.

 

[Valiant70]

i dont like when people disagree with me OR think things i say are funny. this is for the best.

Weird.

 

[NTIMESc]

I can't speak for everyone else, but what I don't like is about the disagree button is that it supports the casual dismissal of a post. I find this to be counterproductive in a discussion-based community forum.

So far, the only support for a disagree button was 'a quick way to say "nah"' and an implication that its removal led to abuse of other buttons. Neither of those carry much weight as an argument, as the former carries little information of value (and was subsequently identified with a wasted post), and the latter speaks more to the character of those engaging in said abuse.

A disagree button's utility is primarily centered on responding to simple, single-subject posts, which precludes any informative functionality when applied to a multi-point post, like this one, for instance. Replying with a quick "nope", just means that the author has to probe further if any insight as to the nature of the disagreement is to be gleaned.

Finally, speaking only for myself, I quite enjoy opportunities like this to practice my communication skills in written form. A disagree button would have deprived me of this opportunity, as I surely would have been too weak willed to resist its thoughtless, knee-jerk allure.

 

[FlyingDebris]

Oftentimes players will have already expressed an idea or rebuttal that you were thinking of when reading a post, so the disagree button cuts down on excess posting.

But hey, some special snowflake people might get their poor little feelings hurt.

Can't have that, can we?

 

[CyberTao]

I dunno, if you see a thread with 4 likes and 20+ replies you might be inclined to think its a interesting thread. Only to open it to be a never-ending chain of "this is stupid" replies. Ratings on the OP help me figure out if I should waste my time trying to read the thread at a glance.

 

[Shaker]

maybe remove the list button next to the emotes aswell