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[–]idkwhatimseeking 10 insightful - 5 fun10 insightful - 4 fun11 insightful - 5 fun -  (2 children)

Regarding the downvote. Don't get me wrong, I love to downvote people as a "fuck you". But.. this system has a lot of potential. Eliminating the downvote allows people with differing opinions to be heard.. no matter how shitty their opinion is. Once you get to -1 in downvotes, it turns into a domino and it's all downhill from there. There are just too many simple minded people that downvote without giving it any thought.. once they see that you're already negative. It's stupid. Not that I personally care to get downvoted, but I see it as a means to hide an unpopular opinion. A form of silencing in a way. I'm not cool with that. This system pushes insightful/funny comments and posts to the top to better be seen. But, it still allows lesser posts/comments to remain intact so that it has a fair chance to gain some traction.

Although.. I think the insightful and funny vote needs better aesthetics or something (including the banner). The lightbulb isn't as bad.. but the damn smile face is so god damn awful. It's unacceptable. At first glance, it's hard to take the site seriously, it's like.. what is this, some kiddie shit? I almost left the site because I thought the smiley face looked stupid lol. It's also appears faded.. like.. not trying to be a dick, but it looks like amateur work. Appearances mean everything, and Saidit's appearance needs a total rework. It should look sleek and sophisticated. It should reflect the type of people who frequent this site. Send a message that we are progressive people.

I got a lot of opinions on the visuals if anybody wants me to go more in depth.

[–][deleted] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It simply makes it about the quality of the counter argument and not about the amount of people who disagree. Seems like a massive plus to me. Like u/christine_grab said, so many people put waaay too much stock in what the majority thinks on Reddit. I guess that's the logical thing to do for people not confident in themselves.

[–]idkwhatimseeking 5 insightful - 4 fun5 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

True. True. I originally thought that not having a dv button was a bad idea. But after pondering on it for a bit, I quickly realized that there are so many positive reasons for not having one. And everybody defending the decision has some really great reasonings to back it up.