How come we can upvote them all we want but nobody is allowed to downvote them? Doesn't that seem a little... off?

To ensure that important comments like moderator actions aren't downvote spammed. Personally I think it should be worked out so that it's a toggleable function so when they're talking in the aspect of being a moderator it should apply, but when they're commenting their personal feelings it shouldn't, but meh.

123easy said:
To ensure that important comments like moderator actions aren't downvote spammed. Personally I think it should be worked out so that it's a toggleable function so when they're talking in the aspect of being a moderator it should apply, but when they're commenting their personal feelings it shouldn't, but meh.

Or at least upvote should not a thing either.

But meh as you said. Hardly important

CamKitty said:
Or at least upvote should not a thing either.

But meh as you said. Hardly important

Yeah, either or, and unimportant, yeah.

CamKitty said:
Or at least upvote should not a thing either.

This.

What should be the case is that downvotes are allowed, they just cant get a ranking below zero, so that they aren't automatically hidden from view on the default user comment settings.

I like the toggle idea, so admins could make regular, downvotable comments and if they're interjecting a fight they can use mod comments for no downvotes

Didn't we already have a thread for this?

TheHuskyK9 said:
Didn't we already have a thread for this?

was there any admin opinion on the subject? otherwise an existing thread doesn't really matter if no attention was paid to the idea imo

Butterscotch said:
was there any admin opinion on the subject? otherwise an existing thread doesn't really matter if no attention was paid to the idea imo

Yes there was

A toggle is doable. Plus it makes it clear when they're speaking officially (or at least it should...probably by highlighting their posts in a unique color or displaying a badge under their name or something). This is really the only forum I frequent that lacks a distinctive mod voice (either in the software, such as reddit's [M] flag and tvtropes' "With Mod Hat On", or in layer 8, such as red text being used by (and possibly reserved for) mods speaking officially).

TheHuskyK9 said:
Yes there was

Tony had an idea in there then, but likely actual important site things happened and it got pushed away/back.

*shrug*

this thread already exists, so locked