Forum Structure Changes - December 7th 2015

Ectar:   True, but downvotes also take away a massive amount of feedback regarding *why* something may be disliked.   Take for example (just an example) a common article news announcement on the EU and NA forums. -  EU article has -60 downvotes and 2 pages of comments.  NA article has 4 upvotes and 8 pages of comments.  - For the 2nd article because players are having to write to say why they dislike the article, it's a more accurate way of getting feedback.   Removing downvotes wouldn't be cancelling negative feedback, it would be removing something which doesn't really serve a purpose anymore, or at least is not being used as intended (I still see the value personally, but I also just wish people would talk rather than just hit the button). Reading why someone doesn't like something is far more valuable and if someone can't be bothered writing something because they'd sooner just click a button, then maybe it's not as much of an issue as they're making out. - If someone has already said the same thing as which bothers you, that person would be upvoted and we'd see others agree/feel that the comment is valuable.   An upvote should really be used for if an answer gives value to the topic or is useful, and a down vote if the comment is not useful or off topic. - In most situations people downvote on the forums just because they either don't agree with what's said (and don't say why) or they don't like the person saying it.