Where did the LOL button go?

Beer40

Seriously, we couldn't even make it any longer than this and already lost the LOL button???

Orion

Lost the Off Topic button too. I guess too many people were using them as downvotes.  Can't have any negativity on the forum!  There's enough of that in the posts.

Beer40

Orion said:

Lost the Off Topic button too. I guess too many people were using them as downvotes.  Can't have any negativity on the forum!  There's enough of that in the posts.

I gave you an "Insightful" because I didn't even notice the Off Topic button missing. Good call on that!

mpqr7

I miss those buttons as well! It's like no matter how big or small the feature, they actively add in bad ones and remove or nerf the good ones 

fmftint

"Upgrade" forums
Remove all new features 
Sounds about right


I'm sure this thread will get moderated too, can't have a new thread that might fall under the umbrella of an existing topic

Jarvind

Orion said:

Lost the Off Topic button too. I guess too many people were using them as downvotes.  Can't have any negativity on the forum!  There's enough of that in the posts.

Really? I get Off Topic, but I figured LOL would mean "I found this funny and I wish to convey my enjoyment to your eyeballs"

Punisher5784

Apparently players were using "Off Topic" and "LOL" the incorrect way. I can understand Off Topic being used as a Downvote but not LOL. Now we just have Insightful and Like, both are which can be too similar. We need the LOL back, otherwise we're basically back to the Thumbs Up from the old forum.

Tatercat

They're both being replaced with yellow arrow icons.

fmftint

Tatercat said:

They're both being replaced with yellow arrow icons.

See? This would've gotten a LOL

Fightmastermpq

Orion said:

Lost the Off Topic button too. I guess too many people were using them as downvotes.  Can't have any negativity on the forum!  There's enough of that in the posts.

I swear this is the one thing that is really bringing the forums down.  By creating a safe space with no stupid ideas or stupid people we are unable to filter out the **** and much of the meaningful discussion and helpful advice gets lost in all of it.

Nightglider1

I used the "Off-topic" as a downvote.

pheregas

Didn't realize people were using it as a down vote.  It explains why I was so confused when somebody marked me as off-topic on a topic I started.  

Fightmastermpq

I got some LOLs on posts that were meant to be serious.....they were clearly laughing at me, and not with me.  Thankfully they've been removed now and my precious feelings won't get hurt anymore.

byc

It's no laughing matter.

Beer40

Dormammu said:

These forums need an enema.

Maybe this should be the down vote button? 

killerkoala

they have been put into a "vault"

Dragon_Nexus

I got a LOL badge before they disappeared...I hope that doesn't get taken away from me. That makes my account somewhat rare, I guess

Brigby

Hi Everyone. We recently had to remove the Off Topic and LOL reactions, since we noticed they were being used to grief other players. 

The intent of the Off Topic button was to give players the power to mark any posts they found were disruptive to a conversation, but we quickly noticed it was used more as a way to down-vote or devalue another player's opinion.
The intent of the LOL button was to give players an alternate, friendly reaction to comical posts, however we found it was primarily used as a sarcastic, snarky jab towards others.

Due to these reasons, we have decided to remove them from the reaction bar, and leave only Insightful and Like. 

NMANOZ

You should let us know who was using the LOL button on you Brigby. We would have applauded ...... I mean dealt with them.

No one used the button me, must mean I am not funny or I have no enemies yet.

El Satanno

Can't have any of our super-awesome all-star champs with bruised feelings now, can we? Everyone who participates wins!

Alsmir

Brigby said:

Hi Everyone. We recently had to remove the Off Topic and LOL reactions, since we noticed they were being used to grief other players. 

The intent of the Off Topic button was to give players the power to mark any posts they found were disruptive to a conversation, but we quickly noticed it was used more as a way to down-vote or devalue another player's opinion.
The intent of the LOL button was to give players an alternate, friendly reaction to comical posts, however we found it was primarily used as a sarcastic, snarky jab towards others.

Due to these reasons, we have decided to remove them from the reaction bar, and leave only Insightful and Like. 

How is dropping "Lol" or "off-topic" under somebody's post griefing? Somehow we have 2 buttons to say: "I agree, good point", but nothing to say "I disagree". What's the purpose of these features? Isn't it supposed to work as a quick way to aggree/disagree with the post without writing a full response?

On top of that I don't think that it's even possible to down-vote or devalue somebody's opinion with these buttons. How is an opinion less relevant if it has a bunch of down votes next to it? It's still an opinion. You might argue with the poster, but his input stays unchanged.

I believe that your interpetation is over-dramatic and you're seeing what you want to see, instead simply asking forum users what buttons they would want to see.

Sadly, lately I noticed similar approach to the developoment of the game. We have changes that affect all the players, based on somebody's predictions, what we want, instead of asking us directly.

THere, you go. I strongly disagree with your post. I would give you dislike if I could, but somebody decided that feature shouldn't be available, because it might hurt people's feelings.