Hmm . . . I don't care about this change but thought it was mildly interesting for those that do reviews on the site:
Probably the most common complaint we've heard since this site was rebuilt has been in regard to the voting system, with which users have voted either Yes or No to the question, "Was this review helpful to you?" Unfortunately, some users evidently voted according to whether or not they agreed with the individual assessments rather than in relation to the quality of the reviews. Until recently, it wasn't an egregious problem, but in the last few weeks our voting logs have indicated something more troubling: a handful of users have been mounting obvious down vote attacks on specific individuals. We have more than 15,000 registered users on this site and it's a credit to our community that only 2 or 3 people decided to inappropriately play the voting system. Still, something needed to change.
As of today you will note that down voting has been disabled. All down votes have been purged from the system. Sorting reviews by helpfulness is still an option because up voting remains and users may still provide positive reinforcement for good reviews by voting positively. It is our hope that this alteration will improve the site and the TobaccoReviews.com experience for everyone.
Probably the most common complaint we've heard since this site was rebuilt has been in regard to the voting system, with which users have voted either Yes or No to the question, "Was this review helpful to you?" Unfortunately, some users evidently voted according to whether or not they agreed with the individual assessments rather than in relation to the quality of the reviews. Until recently, it wasn't an egregious problem, but in the last few weeks our voting logs have indicated something more troubling: a handful of users have been mounting obvious down vote attacks on specific individuals. We have more than 15,000 registered users on this site and it's a credit to our community that only 2 or 3 people decided to inappropriately play the voting system. Still, something needed to change.
As of today you will note that down voting has been disabled. All down votes have been purged from the system. Sorting reviews by helpfulness is still an option because up voting remains and users may still provide positive reinforcement for good reviews by voting positively. It is our hope that this alteration will improve the site and the TobaccoReviews.com experience for everyone.
