Forum Suggestion: Downvoting -> Hide

[Pander Beers 21]

So I spent the better part of this morning reading various "guides" and posts promoting server hopping, loot farming, and other exploits that are in the current build of the game. These threads were on this forum, and new players are reading them and perpetuating a movement in the community in the wrong direction.

I posted on one thread that there should be a downvote option on posts. Fortunately, that entire thread was removed for promoting an exploit (awesome job moderators!), but my post which had been generating some positive feedback was removed along with the rest of the thread.

After a certain number of downvotes (or net score, balancing between "likes" and "dislikes" as you will): for example, -20... then the post is hidden. This could also add a counter to the player's profile for a moderator-only view. If it was the original thread's post that was downvoted and hidden, then that entire thread could get flagged or removed automatically (perhaps after -50).

Anyways, just throwing some ideas out there, hadn't really thought it all out. All I know is that I am in love with this game, and I'm generally happy with the community that follows and supports it. In my opinion, the vast majority of us have good heads on our shoulders, hate exploits, and detest trash players who not only abuse but promote these activities. A game as quality as DayZ is too good to have trash like "A Guide on How To Server Hop" and "Mechanics of Farming a Building for Loot" littering the forum.

All of this being said - this is really just a suggestion to help moderators out. Reporting a thread is always an option in place. We've seen that the forum moderators for DayZ are not only awesome but fast. Cheers.

[Fraggle (DayZ) 15720]

Yup, you get my vote!