I think apps nowadays tend to be fully positive because when a user is given the ability to downvote something, they'd do it for no reason/just because they can do it, and that introduces toxicity.
Stackoverflow reduces this to a bare minimum, by forcing you to earn some rep first but for example, Reddit has become pretty toxic because of this, all you have to do on Reddit is say something someone doesn't like, and then the rest will follow with the downvotes despite the fact that the statement being made is correct or valid at times. I work on a couple of apps that use likes and what not at work, we don't have downvotes either and my PM was the one to explain it to me.
Stackoverflow reduces this to a bare minimum, by forcing you to earn some rep first but for example
Yeah - karma system. You need to write something good first (earn karma), before you can spoil somebody else karma.
But I guess it is against of dev.to philosophy - which meant to be beginners friendly. A lot of beginners posts could be down-voted not for toxic reasons, but for low-quality (because beginners lack experience)
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I think apps nowadays tend to be fully positive because when a user is given the ability to downvote something, they'd do it for no reason/just because they can do it, and that introduces toxicity.
Stackoverflow reduces this to a bare minimum, by forcing you to earn some rep first but for example, Reddit has become pretty toxic because of this, all you have to do on Reddit is say something someone doesn't like, and then the rest will follow with the downvotes despite the fact that the statement being made is correct or valid at times. I work on a couple of apps that use likes and what not at work, we don't have downvotes either and my PM was the one to explain it to me.
That's a good point, I hadn't thought about Reddit.
Yeah - karma system. You need to write something good first (earn karma), before you can spoil somebody else karma.
But I guess it is against of dev.to philosophy - which meant to be beginners friendly. A lot of beginners posts could be down-voted not for toxic reasons, but for low-quality (because beginners lack experience)