From a thread that talks about suggesting new features on Nairaland ( https://www.nairaland.com/1805259/thread-new-features-want-nairaland ), i've seen that the yell for a dislike feature is at its peak. Personally i think its not needed, but after reading some comments there, am on the brink of making a change. Inorder to get issues straight and inorder to tackle this matter well, hence the creation of this thread.

Fellow NLers what do u think about suggesting a dislike feature to Oga Seun for Nairaland: the bad the good and the ugly.

dis forum is gradually turning into a social network!

Its more than a social network.

Supported

kovak: Supported

Why sir, do u have concised and tangible reasons?

IMHO I don't see the need to introduce that option. My reason is that if your post doesn't get any like, its left to you to think maybe many peeps didn't read it or they dont fancy it getting their like. But if the admin enacts this it may lead to one having some sort of low self esteem when next he/she is responding to threads on the forum. Thats just one and there are many more but will be back if it makes fp.

Mescopaul: Why sir, do u have concised and tangible reasons?

What is like without dislike?

No offence meant, but I think Nl having a dislike button is just too pointless.

guente02: IMHO I don't see the need to introduce that option. My reason is that if your post doesn't get any like, its left to you to think maybe many peeps didn't read it or they dont fancy it getting their like. But if the admin enacts this it may lead to one having some sort of low self esteem when next he/she is responding to threads on the forum. Thats just one and there are many more but will be back if it makes fp.

Your voice dear, just hope Sir Seun is reading your comments.

kovak:

What is like without dislike?

Karleb: No offence meant, but I think Nl having a dislike button is just too pointless.

What u call pointless may seem otherwise for someelse

Stackoverflow , high traffic,many members , has a dislike feature (downvotes).
Too many downvotes never crashed a server.
Its easier to tell som1 he's talkg horse sh*t with a single click thn type.
More people will like seun /and nairaland for this one singular feature. Its long overdue.

Dislike button for what.....?

tolu4you: Dislike button for what.....?

For disliking.

The disadvantage of this is that too many "dislikes" in a person posts would give Nairalanders a false "1st impression" about that post, it may change their perspectives about it even if the post is reasonable. In the politic section for example you would see completely ridiculous posts having lot of "likes", why? Because it supports a person views or beliefs. If the Igbo tribe is insulted the Yorubas would rush to like that posts and vice versa. Even within political parties, APC supporters would always like the post of anyone who speaks well of them. My point is if this is done for the like button it would definitely be done for the dislike button also. Imagine an harmless sensible post about our president having 100 dislikes. We all know the amount of people who hate Jonathan in this forum is more than the people who support him. So the equation is not balance. People now use those buttons according to their emotions not logically.

I was an avid supporter of the dislike button but now i realised it is pointless for the meantime. It would only be useful when the population of Nairalanders is too damn high! Forget about the nearly 2million registered members you see at the top of the screen. The most active Nairalanders per day/Week may not be up to 20,000. When the population is very high that is when we should start thinking about the dislike button. A high population means more scammers, more trolls that would eventually overwhelm the capability of the mods. Dropping a dislike on such posts would be the best solution. If i mistakenly scroll down a lengthy post and i see "100 dislikes" i won't even bother reading it.

Idrismusty97: For disliking.

Why disliking post.... If u dnt like my post then ignore it, simple as a b c

Idrismusty97: The disadvantage of this is that too many "dislikes" in a person posts would give Nairalanders a false "1st impression" about that post, it may change their perspectives about it even if the post is reasonable. In the politic section for example you would see completely ridiculous posts having lot of "likes", why? Because it supports a person views or beliefs. If the Igbo tribe is insulted the Yorubas would rush to like that posts and vice versa. Even within political parties, APC supporters would always like the post of anyone who speaks well of them. My point is if this is done for the like button it would definitely be done for the dislike button also. Imagine an harmless sensible post about our president having 100 dislikes. We all know the amount of people who hate Jonathan in this forum is more than the people who support him. So the equation is not balance. People now use those buttons according to their emotions not logically.

I was an avid supporter of the dislike button but now i realised it is pointless for the meantime. It would only be useful when the population of Nairalanders is too damn high! Forget about the nearly 2million registered members you see at the top of the screen. The most active Nairalanders per day/Week may not be up to 20,000. When the population is very high that is when we should start thinking about the dislike button. A high population means more scammers, more trolls that would eventually overwhelm the capability of the mods. Dropping a dislike on such posts would be the best solution. If i mistakenly scroll down a lengthy post and i see "100 dislikes" i won't even bother reading it.

hav u scrolled down a lenghty post and seen 100 likes bf? How often?
Ppl express strong disagreements, dislike has been going on already . A dislike button only adds substance to it.
2) you never know till u try. If nl experiments with dislike for a year or two and it dnt work,they can discontinue it.
3) your great post will b forgotten. 1 week after a post got a lot of dislikes,it wudve been forgotten. Ppl will get used to it.
4) posters will learn how to handle critism,thru a faceless forum which is a good thing.
When president Jonathan came to power, he was green and inexperienced. Dyu think,he is still as sensitive to critism now as he was? No. How did he learn to cope? By shuttg up all critics? No. But by being exposed to them and their scathing comments.
4) like, i said bf, life is not fair, havg a like without a correspondg dislike is hypocritcal and patronisg. By d way,which leader (president) dyu know of tht has never been spoken ill off.
Do evrything ppl want-theyll critcise you.
Do things your way-theyll critcse you.
Keep quiet -ppl will say ur too quiet.
Talk a lot - theyll say ur a parrot ;cant you b quiet for once!

Nairaland a dislike button is long overdue.

asalimpo:

hav u scrolled down a lenghty post and seen 100 likes bf? How often?
Ppl express strong disagreements, dislike has been going on already . A dislike button only adds substance to it.
2) you never know till u try. If nl experiments with dislike for a year or two and it dnt work,they can discontinue it.
3) your great post will b forgotten. 1 week after a post got a lot of dislikes,it wudve been forgotten. Ppl will get used to it.
4) posters will learn how to handle critism,thru a faceless forum which is a good thing.
When president Jonathan came to power, he was green and inexperienced. Dyu think,he is still as sensitive to critism now as he was? No. How did he learn to cope? By shuttg up all critics? No. But by being exposed to them and their scathing comments.
4) like, i said bf, life is not fair, havg a like without a correspondg dislike is hypocritcal and patronisg. By d way,which leader (president) dyu know of tht has never been spoken ill off.
Do evrything ppl want-theyll critcise you.
Do things your way-theyll critcse you.
Keep quiet -ppl will say ur too quiet.
Talk a lot - theyll say ur a parrot ;cant you b quiet for once!

Nairaland a dislike button is long overdue.

Smh

Idrismusty97: The disadvantage of this is that too many "dislikes" in a person posts would give Nairalanders a false "1st impression" about that post, it may change their perspectives about it even if the post is reasonable. In the politic section for example you would see completely ridiculous posts having lot of "likes", why? Because it supports a person views or beliefs. If the Igbo tribe is insulted the Yorubas would rush to like that posts and vice versa. Even within political parties, APC supporters would always like the post of anyone who speaks well of them. My point is if this is done for the like button it would definitely be done for the dislike button also. Imagine an harmless sensible post about our president having 100 dislikes. We all know the amount of people who hate Jonathan in this forum is more than the people who support him. So the equation is not balance. People now use those buttons according to their emotions not logically.

I was an avid supporter of the dislike button but now i realised it is pointless for the meantime. It would only be useful when the population of Nairalanders is too damn high! Forget about the nearly 2million registered members you see at the top of the screen. The most active Nairalanders per day/Week may not be up to 20,000. When the population is very high that is when we should start thinking about the dislike button. A high population means more scammers, more trolls that would eventually overwhelm the capability of the mods. Dropping a dislike on such posts would be the best solution. If i mistakenly scroll down a lengthy post and i see "100 dislikes" i won't even bother reading it.

asalimpo: Stackoverflow , high traffic,many members , has a dislike feature (downvotes).
Too many downvotes never crashed a server.
Its easier to tell som1 he's talkg horse sh*t with a single click thn type.
More people will like seun /and nairaland for this one singular feature. Its long overdue.

Stackoverflow has no many sections like nairaland. They deal mainly on programming, they do not hav sections like politics, literature, jokes, etc that would hav more repercusions of a dislike button,.

[Native Ibo pidgin ] You talk am well o my dear brother. Nna, every other forum don get ooo, Infactii, We even need a sympathy button, ofcos some post are to bad that u will need to sympathize.


Dislike button is as necessary as like button. Otherwise let there be no like button too.

Mescopaul: Stackoverflow [b]has no many sections [/b]like nairaland. They deal mainly on programming, they do not hav sections like politics, literature, jokes, etc that would hav more repercusions of a dislike button,.

There is StackOverflow for different fields.
Math,programming,electronics,computer-science,cooking (yes,cooking!).
And its structure is d same for all (upvotes ,downvotes - similar dislike widget- ).
Besides does the validity of a dislike/like feature require tht a site have many sections ?

While we are at it. Y doesnt Nl jump d gun and create up 5 or more consensus buttons(like,dislike etc).
Why wait for som site to innovate first then copy.
This things ar just ways for readers to provide feedback on a post. They can like or agree with u, disagree(dislike), get pissed of , pull shirt (for you) - fully agree,
be a lil doubtful (partial agree) etc. Y not giv the reader more options. Mayb ditch the "like" , dislike words. If you spoke crap , i dont "hate" u which is wat the reader may interprete with a "dislike" point.
S.O (stackoverflow) use "voting" instead of like /dislike.

olyjosh: [Native Ibo pidgin ] You talk am well o my dear brother. Nna, every other forum don get ooo, Infactii, We even need a sympathy button, ofcos some post are to bad that u will need to sympathize.


Dislike button is as necessary as like button. Otherwise let there be no like button too.

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asalimpo:

There is StackOverflow for different fields.
Math,programming,electronics,computer-science,cooking (yes,cooking!).
And its structure is d same for all (upvotes ,downvotes - similar dislike widget- ).
Besides does the validity of a dislike/like feature require tht a site have many sections ?

A site with many sections, the dislike button could somehow become a tool used in pulling down, or relegating opponent's posts to the background though it may seem very vital, eg in the Politics sections. Jealousy can also make membrs dislike one's trending thread, and i remembr someone said here that he would have no business with a thread that has say 100 dislikes.

heck no!!!

reason: people will abuse it.

losprince: heck no!!!

reason: people will abuse it.

like seriously

Mescopaul: A site with many sections, the dislike button could somehow become a tool used in[b] pulling down, or relegating opponent's posts to the background [/b]though it may seem very vital, eg in the Politics sections. Jealousy can also make membrs dislike one's trending thread, and i remembr someone said here that he would have no business with a thread that has say 100 dislikes.

a polarising post will generate strong feelings of approval and disapproval - which is wat communication is all about.
Givg ppl d avenue to vent their disapproval ,only enhances communication. It makes communctn more sincere. Thts all NL shud b for not 1-sided,feedbck.
All u see is d abuse you dont see d use and benefit.
Like i said,S.O has dislike and posters use it.
Eventually,ppl will get used to it,and the sting wont hurt as much. No prominent person ever was without critcs.
Amazon has graded reviews. And som ppl say they wish there was were able to giv zero stars to a product others say they wish they cud giv 10 stars! Still on d same amazon. Now can u imagine amazon without d revws?
Ur post is a product readers consume giv them a medium to express their sincere feedbck-even if it hurts- thts maturity. And NL will b better off for it.
(quote)(report)
(like: intoto, applaud, nod,pullingShirt4you,youSpokeMyMind,CanIHaveYourAutograph!)

(dislike: frown,disgusted,ravg mad,mildly disagree,capital nonsense,thisPosterIsanIdiot!,thisPostWasWrittenByAMonkey)

. Omo! No forum has this range yet. Implement this and see wat will happen to NL. NL will really come alive. Discussions will strted and partcpated in.

asalimpo:

a polarising post will generate strong feelings of approval and disapproval - which is wat communication is all about.
Givg ppl d avenue to vent their disapproval ,only enhances communication. It makes communctn more sincere. Thts all NL shud b for not 1-sided,feedbck.
All u see is d abuse you dont see d use and benefit.
Like i said,S.O has dislike and posters use it.
Eventually,ppl will get used to it,and the sting wont hurt as much. No prominent person ever was without critcs.
Amazon has graded reviews. And som ppl say they wish there was were able to giv zero stars to a product others say they wish they cud giv 10 stars! Still on d same amazon. Now can u imagine amazon without d revws?
Ur post is a product readers consume giv them a medium to express their sincere feedbck-even if it hurts- thts maturity. And NL will b better off for it.
(quote)(report)
(like: intoto, applaud, nod,pullingShirt4you,youSpokeMyMind,CanIHaveYourAutograph!)

(dislike: frown,disgusted,ravg mad,mildly disagree,capital nonsense,thisPosterIsanIdiot!,thisPostWasWrittenByAMonkey)

. Omo! No forum has this range yet. Implement this and see wat will happen to NL. NL will really come alive. Discussions will strted and partcpated in.

Ur post is nice. U really knw how 2 get around for sometin u want.