Quote Originally Posted by bjute View Post
The majority of people on this platform isn't "trolls". An up/downvote system will prevent bad posts as it generally will get downvoted to oblivion. And if a post gets tons of upvotes its probably because a lot of people find it good.

Good initiative to modernize the forum, you shouldn't have to write a post to dislike/like something, an up/downvote system fixes this. I'm all in favor of this. And it might breath some life into the forums again and make it more interesting.

It sounds like the people who don't want it are afraid of getting downvoted.
Why would anyone here be afraid of being downvoted? Does anyone really think that a voting system is going to make any difference whatsoever to the outcome of suggestions and feedback on the forum?

All it may do - at best, is alert the forum moderators of hot topics - either way. A thread with a lot of thumbs up may be worth taking a closer look at and a thread with a lot of thumbs down will probably warrant an even closer look at. It's business at the end of the day, and if it were mine, I would be more worried about the unhappy customers than the happy ones. Happy ones usually don't leave, resulting in lost revenue.

A voting system wouldn't affect me. I'd post as I always post. What makes me avoid the forum is forum users trying to police the posts of others, and there is a massive amount of that happening here the last year or so. Its unhindered and unaddressed. Nothing else bothers me. I can wade through negativity like it's cool water on a hot day, same for positivity. What I can't manage, or won't to be more precise is forum users (note, not official moderators, just other players) trying to police other forum users.