I really think we should have a "misleading or false" reason for --, or some other way to deal with fake news that generally plague internet forums.

What do you think, @dfox?

Agree, considering some people just upvote without reading comments and I just saw a fake news post

Agree. The -- options are too limited now. @dfox :)

Imo the voting system should be just a simple + or - and it shouldn't have the side effect of hiding posts either locally or globally.

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I mean, almost all news is fake at this point. If you watch independent media, they pick apart all the problems with FOX, CNN, MSNBC. They're all terrible. No one tells the truth, or they bury it five paragraphs down.

@Nanos someone goes fact checking and puts the result as a comment. Other people read the comments and vote based on that.

@Nanos You don't. There's no option to mark something true. You assume statements to be questionable, and report only when you know they're false.

False information is spam in my eyes. Spam is just unwanted unsolicited messages. False information is unwanted and unsollicited so spam.

@electrineer @Lor-inc Law of the internet: The last comment is always right

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@alexbrooklyn the way to get correct information is posting wrong information and let the internet correct it.

Agreed, that option is necessary.
@dfox .

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@Nanos I feel like the system is now too much like fb. My suggestion would make it simpler and more fair.

@Nanos well now its common that opinionated comments get cencored just because a couple people dislike them. I think the system couldn't be much less fair.

I dunno, I'm currently not happy with the voting system in general.

So -- requires a reason, ++ doesn't. Voting -- too often gets you vote banned, ++ doesn't. What about that new "misleading or false" option? If a user spreads misinformation after misinformation, can I -- all posts without worrying?

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> I've seen forums full of nuclear scientists argue about what is fact and what isn't !

Obviously, the purpose wouldn't be to completely obliterate false information, but to limit the spread of dangerous, misleading content, including fearmongering, which is a pretty widespread issue on internet forums.