Admin as decided to be somewhat liberal when it comes to politics and we keep a mostly "hands off" policy there unless someone reports a post.Look at politics, nothing but a shit flinging fest.
RIU in the early years had a + rep and a - rep system, if you agreed/disagreed with a post you could do either.Also RIU needs a feature where posts can be upvoted or downvoted, and if they receive enough downvotes then the post is automatically "minimized" but can still be "maximized" and viewed if a user so chooses.
this could still be implemented, its could function the same way as the like systemRIU in the early years had a + rep and a - rep system, if you agreed/disagreed with a post you could do either.
Abuse was rampant and it was shit-canned quickly because of troll abuse.
Except for the - rep part, the trolls and ner-do-wells ganged up and created chaos with it.this could still be implemented, its could function the same way as the like system
where restrictions are in place still
it would be no more open to abuse than the like system is currently
It does happen on occasion particularly in the UK grower and politics section.little cliques of users can go around disliking a particular users posts to make them look bad,like some personal vendetta
if someone warrants/attracts that much negative attention that folk have to band together and conspire
they most likely deserve it (mob rule) that is what RIU is all about anyway ?