Hm, that would certainly be interesting. There are good and bad aspects to this that should be considered.
Good:
-It would eliminate much of the negativity(haha, literal pun) and complaints associated with getting thumbed down I think.
-The good comments would still get all the (rightfully deserved) attention, because they would still be at the top.
-The true amount of thumbs ups a comment gets would remain unchanged.
-If a comment was especially heinous, it could just be reported, or the O.P. could always hide it.
Bad:
-A really bad comment, if not hidden or reported, would probably get some pretty severe backlash in the form of negative comments; especially if there was not a "downthumb" option as an outlet for peoples' disagreement/outrage. They probably deserve it, but this is also probably not something that needs to be encouraged either.
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I just thought of another idea. What if the thumbs counter on comments had a number beside each thumb instead of just one number. It would show you how many thumbs ups your comment got, and at the same time how many thumbs downs your comment got.
Is it normal users thumbs up/down are biased?
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Hm, that would certainly be interesting. There are good and bad aspects to this that should be considered.
Good:
-It would eliminate much of the negativity(haha, literal pun) and complaints associated with getting thumbed down I think.
-The good comments would still get all the (rightfully deserved) attention, because they would still be at the top.
-The true amount of thumbs ups a comment gets would remain unchanged.
-If a comment was especially heinous, it could just be reported, or the O.P. could always hide it.
Bad:
-A really bad comment, if not hidden or reported, would probably get some pretty severe backlash in the form of negative comments; especially if there was not a "downthumb" option as an outlet for peoples' disagreement/outrage. They probably deserve it, but this is also probably not something that needs to be encouraged either.
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I just thought of another idea. What if the thumbs counter on comments had a number beside each thumb instead of just one number. It would show you how many thumbs ups your comment got, and at the same time how many thumbs downs your comment got.