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Paul W
Paul W ✭✭✭✭✭
January 20 edited January 20 in Suggest an Idea

In line with the comments of @s10297588641 at https://community.familysearch.org/en/discussion/137498/up-and-down-post-voting-buttons-on-communtity#latest please remove the non-functioning "downvote" button. It serves no purpose and I am surprised its existence has not been queried previously.

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  • MaileLoveland
    MaileLoveland mod
    January 20

    That is very interesting. I can downvote with my mod account but not with my public account. I will definitely pass this on. Thanks

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  • genthusiast
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    January 21 edited January 21

    There is one location where public profile has 'downvote' capability. I will leave it as an Easter egg for others to find. But yes, it does not function in Ideas category - which largely diminishes its usefulness to any public user (other than as mentioned by Chas below - though the state of the contextual 'help' "You don't have permission..." lags).

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  • Chas Howell
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    January 21 edited January 21

    I think the downvote arrow does have one function, it can downvote your own upvote if you change your mind.

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  • Julia Szent-Györgyi
    Julia Szent-Györgyi ✭✭✭✭✭
    January 22

    @Chas Howell, nope, it doesn't even work for that. If you've upvoted something unintentionally, you can click the upvote arrow again to remove your vote, but clicking the downvote arrow results in the "you don't have permission to do that" message.

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  • dontiknowyou
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    January 22

    I recall formerly being able to downvote a suggested idea I had previously upvoted, so in effect cancelling my upvote. But for a long time now (more than a year?) I can only click again the supposedly unavailable upvote arrow to remove the upvote, just as @Julia Szent-Györgyi says. This interface behavior is highly cryptic.

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