In my 'defense', I wouldn't typically have posted after liking but it was... kind of a special case. That said, I don't see the two as mutually exclusive, even though usually I do only one of them.

Ideas don't hurt though, do they?

Does this bear any relevance in this context though? None of the ideas presented in this discussion seem to hurt anyone, unless I missed one that does, and I'm personally not expecting to see any ideas in this thread that are going to hurt anyone either.

Could we maybe remove negative scores? getting a downvote will not drop your comment below 0. Downvotes will instead just subtract any upvotes you have.

I've got to say I'm not a fan of any kind of a voting system that can result in visibly negative results myself unless the issue really is almost exclusively caused by supporters distorting the totals, but to me, almost anything's an improvement over how it currently works. I don't suppose anyone has any data on whether this is only supporters using their power quite liberally or if non-supporters have a significant role as well?

I disagree with the idea of removing forum likes because getting alot of them gives me a dopamin rush. Is this a valid argument?

But no seriously, I've given plenty of comment on the first page of this thread likes. No way in hell would I quote all of them and say: "I agree". It's been a few weeks already. Likes are way more effective like that. Sometimes it just tells me that the people who upvoted the comment actually read through it and didn't just ignore it.

It seems like many people think that the likes lead to people not answering. I personally wouldn't answer regardless.

That said: I do not agree.

After the Blizzard acquisition.

Holy crap!  Just made enough to cover all my gaming expenses for the generation.