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Barkley on 23 August 2016
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zero129 said:
CGI-Quality said:

The voting system gives people the option to agree or disagree with someone. By removing it, we remove those choices. Not posting in article is another option. Thus, the system should remain as is, otherwise balance is lost. It shouldn't cater to one pespective/viewpoint, even though, yes, some may/will abuse said right (as humans will do with most things).

On the moderator ends of this, I'm happy to see many of you being reasonable in your replies. ;)

You dont remove the choice. You give them the option of replying in a more open way.

They can upvote what they agree with or comment on what they dont and then other people can upvote this. How exactly is this taking away choice?.

The only think its taking away is a broken system.

The comment  system in news articles isn't meant to be a forum, the reason the voting system is there is so people can quickly give their opinions on another persons statement. People don't want to have massive conversations in the comment section of a news article or discussions/arguments spanning hundreds of comments.

The forum is for indepth discussion and debate, the comment section of news articles is for quick statements and the voting system is helpful in that regard.