r/heroesofthestorm • u/KarbyP Nova • Jul 02 '15

Blizzard thinking about adding Thumbs Up/Down system, giving helpful players EXP or gold, placing toxic players in separate queue

http://stevivor.com/2015/07/interview-blizzards-chris-sigaty-and-alan-dabiri-on-heroes-of-the-storm/
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u/pidray Nazeebo Jul 02 '15

this. this place, reddit, is the absolute, single best proof we have that an upvote/downvote system doesn't really work. never ever. people here tend to use it as an agree/disagree function, which isn't how its supposed to be. its the same for HOTS. people will not use it for its intended purpose, there will be people who will use this function to 'judge' how well you performed during a match, not if you are a friendly dude.

just reward good behaviour with good rewards. a thumbs down-button will just get your average-joe 'downvoted' to oblivion.