Originally Posted by DS Forum Support:
“You are assuming that enough people will dislike a post for it to be buried. We're not sure how much the system will be used, if at all, so only time will tell. We don't think you will see a buried post as often as you are expecting. A 'downvote' is countered by an 'upvote' so just because one person dislikes a post does not mean it will buried. The reaction feature will be an ecosystem that is controlled by our forum members.”
I don't think that that's going to work very well. While an individual either likes or dislikes something (the two being mutually exclusive) that is not true of people (plural). It's entirely possible that a post could be liked and disliked by many people in roughly equal measure, and it will be indistinguishable from posts that are.. how shall I put it..? neither here nor there.
If DS turns into a popularity contest I'm out of here. I'd rather be respectfully confronted by someone who disagrees with me, perhaps even have my mind changed by their counterargument, rather than 'playing for points'. And having smoke blown up my arse sounds equally repugnant.