status-resolved I dislike you! What’s your opinion?

[MapleDots]

Vote here and lets see what your opinion is.

See the topic here:
https://www.namepros.com/threads/we-must-and-can-fix-this.1138079/

 

[xynames]

I liked my poll on whether you know or blow more.

Anyway

This is likely the heart of the issue: it might make more sense to hide who is downvoting and only show a total score instead like you see on other sites (notice how some have negative scores).

Is knowing who disagreed or downvoted a post actually important as long as the effect/knowledge of it exists?

It's something to think about.

is downvote going to be anonymous?

 

[Chris Hydrick]

@equity78's idea seems to be the best solution: offer multiple choices and let members decide which to use.

Agreed.

Think about the leading social network, Facebook.

They transitioned away from simply liking to: Like, Love Haha, Wow, Sad, Angry

Given their resources, and this being a major decision effecting the UX, I have to imagine a lot of money, and smart brain power was poured into the thought process to change.

Not saying to copy everything from other social networks, just saying take a look at what they found to work, and could it be implemented here for a better UX.

Another idea, related to taking a look at Facebook, is the suspend account option. I'm very aware of the procedure to cancel your account now. But given the current drama and general landscape of the internet people need to take breaks away their internet hangouts and the difficulty of doing so given most people can access the net from their phones or desktops, there really needs to be a simpler suspend account option. Similar to Facebook's policy.

 

[MapleDots]

Almost forgot spite dislike

What is that?

That is when you dislike someone's post and then they follow you around for a week disliking every one of your posts because they feel slighted.

Really??
If you do that please consider going outside and getting some fresh air.

 

[MapleDots]

Would prefer a variety of options that would really represent what I feel. More choices, the better.

The easiest way to implement that would be with a new set of emoticons reserved for showing how you feel about the post.

Right now we have the blue namepros ones and the yellow ones. Remove on of those and add thumb up down, poo, etc and set it to one emoticon limit per post.

 

[hookbox]

Dislike and Disagree are two totally different things depending on what context they are used. If I said I liked blue cars you can't Disagree with me because that's MY true opinion but you can Dislike that I don't like blue cars.

When someone presses the Dislike button they do it and most of the time are done. If you change it to Disagree it will make more members want to say why they Disagree with what you are saying.

The Dislike button is sort of like slamming your fist. It releases a bit of frustration about something. The Disagree button will not have that same feeling. Switching it to Disagree will only increase the bullying attacks since most will add their opinion more freely which will lead to more heated discussions.

I think it is ridiculous that people can't handle a little confrontation. Having the conversation is fine but wanting to change it without really giving yourself time to think it through is ridiculous. Watch this subject for a month. Analyze the data. Don't just switch it right away. This is not how you implement correct change.

Just for the record I am not wanting to keel the Dislike button because it's something that I use. I never use it. Very rare. I want to keep it because it's the right thing to do.

 

[MapleDots]

Still thinking about this and I have come to the conclusion that like and dislike are ok but the same way as we have a thank we should have a disagree. So adding a fourth option for something milder than dislike makes sense.

That is just my opinion, but if we cannot change it, how about adding it.

 

[Mister Funsky]

I agree with ot...add a 'disagree' button and leave us the dislike for those that are spewing nonsense.

 

[oldtimer]

I think moderation of the dislike feature should only be necessary if a user accumulates a pre-determined number of dislikes. At that point, moderators should investigate to see whether or not action should be taken against the "disliked" member.

You might be right too, but it should work both ways as far as the Moderators checking in to it to see if a person needs to be temporarily suspended or permanently banned for getting too many Dislikes or whether the Dislikes were given unjustly out of hate or to bully that person. IMO

Added: If a member justly gets over lets say 3 Dislikes because of making inappropriate comments or posts on the forum then that person should be put on probation and if they continue getting Dislikes lets say over 5 times then they should get suspended or band.

 

[DTR Alex]

https://blog.disqus.com/here-are-the-reasons-why-people-downvote-comments may clarify more!

 

[oldtimer]

I agree with ot...add a 'disagree' button and leave us the dislike for those that are spewing nonsense.

Actually you should use the Disagree button if you think someone is spewing nonsense in Your Opinion and only use the Dislike button on the rare occasions that someone is making comments or posts that are not appropriate for a public and professional forum such as NamePros. IMO

 

[equity78]

Update: Good news!

We've added the much-requested Disagree option along with an Agree option.

Posts can now be Liked, Thanked, or Disliked in addition to Agreed or Disagreed.

Point assignments:

• Like/Thank is +1
• Dislike is -1
• Agree is +1
• Disagree is 0 (neutral)

Examples:

1. If a post is liked and disagreed, then it will have 1 point.
2. If a post is thanked and agreed, then it will have 2 points.
3. If a post is disliked but agreed, then it will have 0 points.

That's all for now.

A lot more to come.

Great job, I was up for 24 hours went to sleep and see the new buttons. Thanks @Paul Buonopane

 

[Steven McEvoy]

To many buttons... like and dislike is the same as agree and disagree.

do a smiley system or something... it’s to much going on

 

[JB Lions]

Happy, people will stop taking it personally, when I "disagree"

They literally cry!

Samer

Be gentle, I just noticed they're also keeping track - https://www.namepros.com/members/?type=liked

 

[Samer]

Be gentle, I just noticed they're also keeping track - https://www.namepros.com/members/?type=liked

Thank you

Appreciate that. : )

Samer

 

[7363824]

One thing I've noticed not sure if it's intended or not is one personal can actually give a post +2 by both agreeing and liking or thanking.

EDIT: thanks for ther example @Samer

 

[Wali Dahot]

I dont bother if someone dislikes my opinion or downvote it or disagree with it, they have every right to do so as everyone is entitled to their own opinions. Personally I like the old dislike button more than disagree while I dislike current downvote button.
In the end, the truth will always prevail no matter how bitter it is and sugar-coated lies cant compete with truth or facts.

 

[Bob Hawkes]

I still feel somewhat mixed on this, but the more I reread your posts in favour of agree/disagree @MapleDots, even while also considering the responses of NPs admins re the possible difficulties of that., I clearly prefer agree/disagree to downvote (or the current dislike). My reason is that we tend to associate like/dislike with people and certain objects, while we use agree/disagree with respect to expressing opinions. Therefore the change would help do two things - stress that it is the view, not the poster, you are disagreeing with, and make it more likely to be used than dislike so that if more used a reader would have a better measure of what the community thinks.

I agree wholeheartedly with @biggie that no change should be implemented without some polling of members and some time to think about it. I commend NPs for wanting to be proactive, but I think it is better to not be rash in making the change.

Bob

 

[domains21]

Disagree makes more sense in my opinion whereas downvote seems out of place considering there is no 'Up vote'.

 

[JB Lions]

Couple of options not mentioned.

Don't post disagreeable or unlikable stuff. So then your post can't be Downvoted or Disliked.

Put all posts in a Queue, don't let them go live until they've been checked and deemed safe.

Dislike is fine.

I feel like I need to point out that is sarcasm, some might actually take it seriously.

 

[Shamiul]

I don't think disagree can be substitute for dislike in some cases. Voted for dislike.

 

[johnn]

Just disable or take away all the buttons - Problems solved.

You come here to learn and to invest - who cares about who like or not like or whatever - This is not a dating site.
If you don't like something just move on.
You meet people on the street everyday and some you like/don't like and there is no buttons. We are fine with that for thousand years.

 

[Chris Hydrick]

How about a button that says.....

I disagree and dislike you ?

Where would this button be, on their profile page?

My issue with your thread title, not your thread, not you, but your title, is that it insinuates a dislike button means disliking you -- the person posting, rather than disliking the post itself.

 

[4better]

Would prefer a variety of options that would really represent what I feel. More choices, the better.

 

[Paul]

Eric any chance to use the full on xenforo options here https://xenforo.com/community/resources/post-ratings-taking-likes-to-the-next-level.410/

Over time, we've found that it's significantly more efficient to develop our own XenForo add-ons from scratch. With a few exceptions, most of the public add-on developers have no idea what they're doing, and we end up practically rewriting everything, especially if we find security issues.

 

[equity78]

Over time, we've found that it's significantly more efficient to develop our own XenForo add-ons from scratch. With a few exceptions, most of the public add-on developers have no idea what they're doing, and we end up practically rewriting everything, especially if we find security issues.

Then just upvote and downvote and keep it anonymous, so people can like what they like or dislike it without the reciprocal dislikes or likes.