I've seen this a lot on pictures, where people will intentionally downvote a picture just because it has something that they're not interested in, which is rather confusing and almost seems abusive, since you can just tag the image yourself.

Does downvoting really accomplish anything aside from getting the picture removed entirely? Because downvoting something because you're not interested in it because of mistagging seems childish and dumb.

aklwnRP said:
I've seen this a lot on pictures, where people will intentionally downvote a picture just because it has something that they're not interested in, which is rather confusing and almost seems abusive, since you can just tag the image yourself.

Does downvoting really accomplish anything aside from getting the picture removed entirely? Because downvoting something because you're not interested in it because of mistagging seems childish and dumb.

Downvoting doesn't get pictures removed.
It is 100% allowed to use your vote in any way you see fit.
The only thing you can't do is abuse the system, for instance creating extra accounts to vote down a specific picture more than once.

Downvoting doesn't automatically affect whether a picture will be removed. But then again, an extremely low rating can lead to removal (usually in tandem with some other reason). So it does contribute.

But I agree. I personally think it borders on rating abuse. If you don't like something, you're supposed to blacklist it. Not complain about it in the comments, flag it, aggressively downvote anything tagged with it, or anything else similar to those things. And if it's breaking your blacklist because the image isn't tagged, then you're supposed to add the tag yourself. Thems' the rules. But I guess there's always people who think their personal objection is more important than the rules. I do agree that is a bit childish and petty. It certainly doesn't help the site any.

And it really is the reason the blacklist exists. Use the heck out of it to make your viewing experience more comfortable for you. But don't expect the world to share your tastes. It never will and it probably shouldn't be expected to. At least here you get a blacklist. In the real world you just have to suck up and deal with it. Honestly, we've got it easy.

Ahh ok, thank you for clearing that up. I've seen some good art with quite a few downvotes simply because it was a kink people didn't like. Glad that that is cleared up ^-^

So long as it's harmless--albeit annoying--I suppose people can keep doing whatever.

The voting rules:

(Voting)

You are free to do what you want with your one vote per submission. However, using alts to cheat the system in any manner is not permitted, and will be met with disciplinary action.
In addition, do not target specific users and mass-downvote their posts. This is considered harassment and will be treated as such.

Taken directly from the rules page.

While blacklist is certainly there for a reason, you can downvote a kink you dislike if you really want to.
I would largely agree that it's childish, but you can still do it, and frankly I like that you can.
Placing restrictions on what you can and can't vote based on would lead to so many fights it wouldn't be worth it.

Fun fact: 80%+ of downvotes are from people who didn't blacklist the tag; some of them don't even have anyhthing blacklisted in the first place

aklwnRP said:
I've seen this a lot on pictures, where people will intentionally downvote a picture just because it has something that they're not interested in, which is rather confusing and almost seems abusive, since you can just tag the image yourself.

Does downvoting really accomplish anything aside from getting the picture removed entirely? Because downvoting something because you're not interested in it because of mistagging seems childish and dumb.

Selling votes for 99 cent per vote btw contact me per pm

I rarely, if ever, down vote I'm usually one to fav and then upvote for +2 votes though...

Moon_Moon said:
I rarely, if ever, down vote I'm usually one to fav and then upvote for +2 votes though...

faving doesnt upvote for member level users

I really think it's just a crappy way to go about voting on the site if you are just downvoting something because you don't like it. Although in no way is it a rule, guideline or anything official, I recommend everyone use their vote to reflect how well the art is rendered, regardless of content. I have upvoted things I blacklisted because I felt that it was well drawn and others who like it that use order:score would find that more helpful than me downvoting it then never seeing it again

But again, it's your vote to do with as you please so long as you aren't abusing the system or targeting a person with your downvotes

Meh, voting will always be a popularity contest, take the good with the bad. Some average art (usually ponies, pokemon, etc) gets upvoted to hell and some truly great stuff might get up to like +3.

It goes both ways. People downvote what the dislike and upvote what they like. Popular stuff will get higher.

By and large order:score is still pretty reliable on a lot of things to order by quality, so it's all good

It is all really a matter of opinion if anything else. They have the power to down vote pics. And almost all people in this world given power will abuse it so....it sucks that they do it, but there isn't much we can do about it.

Isn't that sort of the point of voting, is to downvote things you don't like and upvote things you do?

The blacklist isn't for use with every little thing you don't like, it's for those things you absolutely cannot stand (like scat, etc.) or are illegal in your country to view (cub). I can not like a piece and downvote it even though I enjoy the overarching content that the piece is a part of.

I find that order:favcount also gives good results at the top, sometimes even better than score, especially with controversial content where a lot of people downvote, but favoriting isn't biased like that.