The best course of action would be a dislike button that takes away the reward but not authors reputation. Leaving the flag for spam/scams/identity theft etc.
The best course of action would be a dislike button that takes away the reward but not authors reputation. Leaving the flag for spam/scams/identity theft etc.
I support this (EDIT: "this" meaning @repholder's suggestion of a dislike button distinct from flagging, aka downvote) along with a requirement that flagging (rep damage) include a comment, so the flagger can be flagged for abuse if others see the action as not justified.
I understand from that statement that you are supporting the "negate power" commit, am I right?
No, I was responding to the immediate parent comment ("dislike button that takes away the reward but not authors reputation"). I'll make an edit to make that clear.
@recursive: 1) I would require a comment when flagging, which is useful and frequently requested anyway, therefore both parties are always open to being flagged by each other and more importantly by third parties who can observe the interaction and weigh in on who (if either) is in the right. 2) It is not the same as Dan's proposal because it is a one-time action, as opposed to negating someone's entire influence for a week. 3) It is a much simpler change that several people have requested, unlike Dan's proposal which is a social experiment being pushed on people none of whom asked for it and many of whom apparently don't like it (personally I'm neutral/undecided on the merits, but negative on the approach of pushing these kinds of changes from the top).
But how can you "flag a user" that has just downvoted and not posted if you don't flag his account? And if you flag his account, then that's pretty much what @dan is proposing here.