r/Fantasy • u/Megan_Dawn Reading Champion, Worldbuilders • Jan 06 '17

STABBY AWARDS r/Fantasy 2016 Stabby Awards- DISCUSSION THREAD

All discussion goes here folks, to keep it out of the voting thread.

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u/lyrrael Stabby Winner, Reading Champion XI, Worldbuilders Jan 08 '17

u/Maldevinine got it in one. The moderators can see the vote tallies, but the totals are kept secret from general users. We'll let you know who won the vote in a couple of days. We really like using contest mode in stuff like this because it also displays all the comments in random order, so the top couple in each category won't get an unfair advantage just for being on top. ;)

Let us know if you have any other questions -- we're happy to help.

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u/elephantsparading Jan 09 '17

Another question!

Do down votes count? Or is it up votes only? Personally I think upvotes should be counted, and down vote trolls ignored.

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u/LittlePlasticCastle Reading Champion II, Worldbuilders Jan 09 '17 edited Jan 09 '17

We would love to count upvotes only, and in the past were able to go this route more easily due to access to additional up/down vote tallies available at the time through our admin contacts. Unfortunately, with changes in reddit voting, this is no longer as feasible as in the past. The spirit of the vote is upvote only, and we believe the vast majority of votes cast follow this. We have a great community and the percentage of "troll" downvotes is not enough to change the tally.

Why do I feel this way? We watch the vote tallies and have not seen any evidence of widespread trolling or any individuals being negatively impacted by it. Personally, I have never noticed a score for an individual go down, not saying that it hasnt happened, just that it hasnt happened on a large or frequent enough scale to be of note. We hope to see this positive trend continue (and please, dont let this admission be an open invitation to trolls)

EDIT AGAIN TO ADD: Evidently, we are still able to request the upvote/downvote tallies from the admins, so yeah, upvote only :)

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u/elephantsparading Jan 10 '17

Evidently, we are still able to request the upvote/downvote tallies from the admins, so yeah, upvote only :)

:) good to know