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Arotrios, 10 months ago

Dissent is absolutely ok. Reasoned, polite critique is more than welcomed.

Spam downvoting without commentary is not, as it adds nothing to the discussion, and just makes the poster feel bad about contributing. It's like walking into a gallery, taking a shit on a sculpture, then leaving without a word. No artist would willing show their work in a gallery that allowed that sort of behavior, unless it's Dada, but that's crap anyway for the most part IMHO.

This is the exact opposite of the forum's founding intentions, which is to encourage creativity and the expression of it.

This is the dynamic I observed when running a non-profit publishing site for a decade during the early internet - the best artists were often those most shy about showing their work, because the sensitivity that allowed them to create also made them vulnerable to negativity on a greater level than others. This became very true of our political artists - one fell afoul of the Turkish government for posting the aftereffects of a riot in Cyprus, and she was hounded off the site (and the site was targeted by Turkish hackers, which made my life hell for 3 years). I still think about her often, and hope she's ok.

That being said, I'm still undecided about making the change permanent, but I have noted (and respect) your opinion, and I will be posting a poll / comment thread in a bit here to see how other subscribers feel. You're welcome to participate if you so choose.

Side note - I'm glad you didn't notice anything - I did move quickly to remove the problematic individuals (who refused to stop their behavior after I contacted them directly, which is why they earned the bans).

Regarding "sinking" a forum, visibility of posts on various platforms is affected by downvotes (although not as badly as Reddit). Spam downvoting is way to attack a forum to try to ensure the posts of a new community never get traction, and thus don't build an audience.

NumbersCanBeFun, 1 year ago

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Kill_joy, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago)

Ok. I am someone who feels like kbin doesn't really need a mascot at this point in time. It seems really early and tbh the whole thing feels a little forced. Really not into the bird design either. I just don't get it...

But holy shit this new icon on the right has 100% changed my mind.

It is adorable and I'd put that on the first page of my phone home screen, no questions asked.

Well done.

albatros, 1 year ago

Nice!

The PWA rotation issue is really annoying, happy to see this will be fixed. :)

ThatOneKirbyMain2568, 1 year ago

Right now, boosts increase reputation and downvotes ("reduces") decrease reputation. From what I've heard, this is a mistake from when boosts and upvotes ("favorites") were switched in some way that I don't really understand. Upvotes should be the thing that increases karma, and the fact that they aren't is a bug. The kbin developer has mentioned plans to fix that.