Okay well the button is still there but yeah it looks like it doesn’t work. So it looks like it’s just an experiment and they are not entirely sure they want to get rid of it yet.
The button is still there only to customize the algorithm but not to show the rating. So now if a video is promoting a scam or spreading false information all they have to do is to disable the comments for the content to be one way only.
Works for me. :+1:
I do not use Reddit & have never even been to their site. My comment was made sarcastically as I personally see no need for a + 1 button. Things seem to work pretty well like they are now. 
no!!
too easily manipulated!!
so many forums ruined by this
Hi everyone, thanks for the good discussion and observations. So to recap:
A voting system with ±1 for threads or posts will definitely not be implemented here.
At most I might consider adding some kind of a “Thanks” button.
However, manual “I agree” posts or even posts just to say thanks are not discouraged either. We’re mostly all humans here, and a bit of normal friendly human interaction is never a bad thing.
I think 2 is enough, but a nice feature would be that the quotations link back to the original comment if more context is needed.
Did you notice in my test earlier in this thread that there is a Snip link to expand the whole thing when clicked? That’s probably about as much functionality as I can coax out of the site module responsible for quoting.
I didn’t, it’s a nice feature 
Please do not add + and - or likes (and or dislikes), It turns into contests and post hunting (like or dislike the person always +1 based on built up impression of the person)
I appreciate forums that have not turned into reddit, youtube or other plaforms that do this knowing it invites commenting for likes, popularity,
competition and rallying around same idea post or threads (this can be quite dangerous even if it appears benign and slow).
I think the biggest problem with the invisible like/dislikes on Youtube is that I can’t always spot which videos will waste my time anymore. For example, some reviews on Youtube are not reviews, they are just footage of some person reading a specs sheet, or worse, text-to-speech reading marketing points. It was easier to spot these videos before because they had highly negative vote ratios. Tutorial videos also vary wildly in quality. Now you often have to waste time actually clicking on videos to find out if they are garbage… Screw the idiots in Youtube’s upper management!
I think we need a “Please Delete” button. We’d hook it to brad’s thermostat in post #4…