Can you guys make voting like reddit why does a downvote have to be a happy face and count as a 'fun' vote, thats retarded

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[–]christine_grab 24 insightful - 7 fun24 insightful - 6 fun25 insightful - 7 fun -  (3 children)

I much prefer this voting system over Reddit's. One of the things that drove me crazy about Reddit was the hive-mind of subs. If your opinion differed from the hive, you were downvoted to oblivion. At Reddit, the popular information was considered the correct information, facts be damned! This caused a lot of people there to believe bad info to be true.

I truly believe sites like Reddit are contributing to a break-down of society because people cannot discern "popular" from "fact." The sci-fi series The Orville did a great episode about this; I think it was Season 1, Episode 7: Majority Rule, where death sentences were determined by how many up and down votes the suspect got instead of a trial.

[–]idkwhatimseeking 7 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

I agree with you.

I also love The Orville. The whole show was thought provoking, yet humorous. That episode actually solidified my opinion that people on Reddit are stupid lol. Watching The Orville got me crushing on Seth MacFarlane so much... funny AND smart? :o

[–]FormosaOolong 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

Hilariously and ironically apt for this thread, I got downvoted to oblivion for expressing a positive view of The Orville on Reddit.

[–]idkwhatimseeking 4 insightful - 4 fun4 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

What? No way! The Orville was soo good. I can't wait for the new season. People will downvote anything. "Oh.. you like a show that I didn't care for much? That's a downvote for you.."