What happened to the LOL button?

JoyfulLeader

I miss the LOL button, does anyone know why it was removed?
R.I.P LOL Button

PhantomMask20763

They removed it because some people were trolling with it. I know I miss it too

Boss

Like rank 1s against rank 20s, it got abused hard.

FireHazard

@EntityDispleased said:
It transformed into a down vote button and people used it to laugh at people they would disagree with a lot of the time, not to laugh at something genuinely funny. All these complaint posts you see everyday on here would easily get 10+ LOLs if the button were still here. I do miss it though because there are some genuinely funny things on here :^(.

So it was removed because someones feelings got hurt?... What...

Master

The lol button will never die

FireHazard

@EntityDispleased said:
FireHazard said:

@EntityDispleased said:

It transformed into a down vote button and people used it to laugh at people they would disagree with a lot of the time, not to laugh at something genuinely funny. All these complaint posts you see everyday on here would easily get 10+ LOLs if the button were still here. I do miss it though because there are some genuinely funny things on here :^(.

So it was removed because someones feelings got hurt?... What...

It was removed because it wasn't being used for its intended purpose. Like a locked news post about a patch that lists a bunch of killer buffs would get LOLs from salty survivors and vice versa, even though there isn't anything funny about it.

That still doesn't make sense to me, but alright.

Master

@FireHazard said:

@EntityDispleased said:
It transformed into a down vote button and people used it to laugh at people they would disagree with a lot of the time, not to laugh at something genuinely funny. All these complaint posts you see everyday on here would easily get 10+ LOLs if the button were still here. I do miss it though because there are some genuinely funny things on here :^(.

So it was removed because someones feelings got hurt?... What...

I know, toxicity and life threats are daily buisness in DBD, but dear god ..... a lol button in the forums....

FireHazard

@Master said:

@FireHazard said:

@EntityDispleased said:
It transformed into a down vote button and people used it to laugh at people they would disagree with a lot of the time, not to laugh at something genuinely funny. All these complaint posts you see everyday on here would easily get 10+ LOLs if the button were still here. I do miss it though because there are some genuinely funny things on here :^(.

So it was removed because someones feelings got hurt?... What...

I know, toxicity and life threats are daily buisness in DBD, but dear god ..... a lol button in the forums....

That's basically what i'm gathering here. Everyone turns a blind eye to the massive toxicity but a lol button...its gotta be stopped!

Orion

It was removed because it was being heavily abused. Several people were running bots that spammed other users' comments with "LOL" reactions, increasing the amount they had by hundreds (in one case thousands) overnight. It was decided it was best to remove it.

Master

@Orion said:
It was removed because it was being heavily abused. Several people were running bots that spammed other users' comments with "LOL" reactions, increasing the amount they had by hundreds (in one case thousands) overnight. It was decided it was best to remove it.

What about the upvote or awesome button.
People couldnt use bots to boost it by hundreds?

Orion

@Master said:

@Orion said:
It was removed because it was being heavily abused. Several people were running bots that spammed other users' comments with "LOL" reactions, increasing the amount they had by hundreds (in one case thousands) overnight. It was decided it was best to remove it.

What about the upvote or awesome button.
People couldnt use bots to boost it by hundreds?

Is it really that surprising that the toxic elements in the community would rather try to bring others down than lift themselves up?

Master

@Orion said:

@Master said:

@Orion said:
It was removed because it was being heavily abused. Several people were running bots that spammed other users' comments with "LOL" reactions, increasing the amount they had by hundreds (in one case thousands) overnight. It was decided it was best to remove it.

What about the upvote or awesome button.
People couldnt use bots to boost it by hundreds?

Is it really that surprising that the toxic elements in the community would rather try to bring others down than lift themselves up?

So what about the flag button then?
That cant be abused?

I could do this all day, you could even run a script that generates automatic responses..... with that logic you would have to remove the whole forum because it can be abused

Orion

@Master said:

@Orion said:

@Master said:

@Orion said:
It was removed because it was being heavily abused. Several people were running bots that spammed other users' comments with "LOL" reactions, increasing the amount they had by hundreds (in one case thousands) overnight. It was decided it was best to remove it.

What about the upvote or awesome button.
People couldnt use bots to boost it by hundreds?

Is it really that surprising that the toxic elements in the community would rather try to bring others down than lift themselves up?

So what about the flag button then?
That cant be abused?

I could do this all day, you could even run a script that generates automatic responses..... with that logic you would have to remove the whole forum because it can be abused

Read what I said. I didn't say it could be abused, I said it was being abused. The mods eventually decided having the "LOL" button around was doing more harm than good, so it was removed.

FireHazard

@Orion said:
It was removed because it was being heavily abused. Several people were running bots that spammed other users' comments with "LOL" reactions, increasing the amount they had by hundreds (in one case thousands) overnight. It was decided it was best to remove it.

Anything you said can apply to anything on the forums. It just sounds to me that because it was a LOL button that people cried over it.

Master

@Orion said:

@Master said:

@Orion said:

@Master said:

@Orion said:
It was removed because it was being heavily abused. Several people were running bots that spammed other users' comments with "LOL" reactions, increasing the amount they had by hundreds (in one case thousands) overnight. It was decided it was best to remove it.

What about the upvote or awesome button.
People couldnt use bots to boost it by hundreds?

Is it really that surprising that the toxic elements in the community would rather try to bring others down than lift themselves up?

So what about the flag button then?
That cant be abused?

I could do this all day, you could even run a script that generates automatic responses..... with that logic you would have to remove the whole forum because it can be abused

Read what I said. I didn't say it could be abused, I said it was being abused. The mods eventually decided having the "LOL" button around was doing more harm than good, so it was removed.

Allow me one question.
Why is stuff like that not ok in the forums, but in the game itself such stuff is totally ok. (take tbagging and flashlight clicking as example, no gameplay impact)

Orion

@FireHazard said:

@Orion said:
It was removed because it was being heavily abused. Several people were running bots that spammed other users' comments with "LOL" reactions, increasing the amount they had by hundreds (in one case thousands) overnight. It was decided it was best to remove it.

Anything you said can apply to anything on the forums. It just sounds to me that because it was a LOL button that people cried over it.

Really? So people are running bots to spam other reactions to try to make it seem like a large number of people disagree with certain users?
We're not talking about the possibility of abuse; we're talking about the actual abuse of this feature.

Orion

@Master said:

@Orion said:

@Master said:

@Orion said:

@Master said:

@Orion said:
It was removed because it was being heavily abused. Several people were running bots that spammed other users' comments with "LOL" reactions, increasing the amount they had by hundreds (in one case thousands) overnight. It was decided it was best to remove it.

What about the upvote or awesome button.
People couldnt use bots to boost it by hundreds?

Is it really that surprising that the toxic elements in the community would rather try to bring others down than lift themselves up?

So what about the flag button then?
That cant be abused?

I could do this all day, you could even run a script that generates automatic responses..... with that logic you would have to remove the whole forum because it can be abused

Read what I said. I didn't say it could be abused, I said it was being abused. The mods eventually decided having the "LOL" button around was doing more harm than good, so it was removed.

Allow me one question.
Why is stuff like that not ok in the forums, but in the game itself such stuff is totally ok. (take tbagging and flashlight clicking as example, no gameplay impact)

Do I look like a mod or dev?

FireHazard

@Orion said:

@FireHazard said:

@Orion said:
It was removed because it was being heavily abused. Several people were running bots that spammed other users' comments with "LOL" reactions, increasing the amount they had by hundreds (in one case thousands) overnight. It was decided it was best to remove it.

Anything you said can apply to anything on the forums. It just sounds to me that because it was a LOL button that people cried over it.

Really? So people are running bots to spam other reactions to try to make it seem like a large number of people disagree with certain users?
We're not talking about the possibility of abuse; we're talking about the actual abuse of this feature.

The same can apply to a vote up or awesome in a counter post/counter comment. Its clear that because it was a LOL button and that it was heavily implying to whoever it was used on was "a joke." And as such that hurt someones feelings. So it was removed mainly due to that fact.

Orion

@FireHazard said:

@Orion said:

@FireHazard said:

@Orion said:
It was removed because it was being heavily abused. Several people were running bots that spammed other users' comments with "LOL" reactions, increasing the amount they had by hundreds (in one case thousands) overnight. It was decided it was best to remove it.

Anything you said can apply to anything on the forums. It just sounds to me that because it was a LOL button that people cried over it.

Really? So people are running bots to spam other reactions to try to make it seem like a large number of people disagree with certain users?
We're not talking about the possibility of abuse; we're talking about the actual abuse of this feature.

The same can apply to a vote up or awesome in a counter post/counter comment. Its clear that because it was a LOL button and that it was heavily implying to whoever it was used on was "a joke." And as such that hurt someones feelings. So it was removed mainly due to that fact.

I'll ask you again: are people actively using bots to spam other reactions to try to make it seem like a large number of people disagree with certain users? Because if not, then no, the same doesn't apply.

FireHazard

@Orion said:

@FireHazard said:

@Orion said:

@FireHazard said:

@Orion said:
It was removed because it was being heavily abused. Several people were running bots that spammed other users' comments with "LOL" reactions, increasing the amount they had by hundreds (in one case thousands) overnight. It was decided it was best to remove it.

Anything you said can apply to anything on the forums. It just sounds to me that because it was a LOL button that people cried over it.

Really? So people are running bots to spam other reactions to try to make it seem like a large number of people disagree with certain users?
We're not talking about the possibility of abuse; we're talking about the actual abuse of this feature.

The same can apply to a vote up or awesome in a counter post/counter comment. Its clear that because it was a LOL button and that it was heavily implying to whoever it was used on was "a joke." And as such that hurt someones feelings. So it was removed mainly due to that fact.

I'll ask you again: are people actively using bots to spam other reactions to try to make it seem like a large number of people disagree with certain users? Because if not, then no, the same doesn't apply.

No, as of now no. That doesn't mean it can't happen though either now can it?

Peasant

EntityDispleased said:

It transformed into a down vote button and people used it to laugh at people they would disagree with a lot of the time, not to laugh at something genuinely funny. All these complaint posts you see everyday on here would easily get 10+ LOLs if the button were still here. I do miss it though because there are some genuinely funny things on here :^(.

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Orion

@FireHazard said:

@Orion said:

@FireHazard said:

@Orion said:

@FireHazard said:

@Orion said:
It was removed because it was being heavily abused. Several people were running bots that spammed other users' comments with "LOL" reactions, increasing the amount they had by hundreds (in one case thousands) overnight. It was decided it was best to remove it.

Anything you said can apply to anything on the forums. It just sounds to me that because it was a LOL button that people cried over it.

Really? So people are running bots to spam other reactions to try to make it seem like a large number of people disagree with certain users?
We're not talking about the possibility of abuse; we're talking about the actual abuse of this feature.

The same can apply to a vote up or awesome in a counter post/counter comment. Its clear that because it was a LOL button and that it was heavily implying to whoever it was used on was "a joke." And as such that hurt someones feelings. So it was removed mainly due to that fact.

I'll ask you again: are people actively using bots to spam other reactions to try to make it seem like a large number of people disagree with certain users? Because if not, then no, the same doesn't apply.

No, as of now no. That doesn't mean it can't happen though either now can it?

Indeed, but do you think we should act on the hypothetical (and unlikely) scenario you've made up, or on the reality that we currently live in?
Because the reality is, it's impossible to automate such a system with positive reactions, because it'd require a bot that could read and interpret text to figure out if a comment was agreeing or disagreeing with a certain user. Anyone who could create such a bot wouldn't be using it to troll forum users; they'd be working for Alphabet, or Facebook, or the NSA, or the CIA, or the FBI, or literally any entity whose job description is to analyze and process data.

AlwaysInAGoodShape

@JoyfulLeader said:
I miss the LOL button, does anyone know why it was removed?
R.I.P LOL Button

First the downvote button meant downvote:
Then the LOL button became the new downvote...
Now the Awesome button became the new downvote?

Don't awesome this comment
Paranoia intensifies

PhantomMask20763

AlwaysInAGoodShape said:

@JoyfulLeader said:
I miss the LOL button, does anyone know why it was removed?
R.I.P LOL Button

First the downvote button meant downvote:
Then the LOL button became the new downvote...
Now the Awesome button became the new downvote?

Don't awesome this comment
Paranoia intensifies

Have an awesome

FireHazard

@Orion said:

@FireHazard said:

@Orion said:

@FireHazard said:

@Orion said:

@FireHazard said:

@Orion said:
It was removed because it was being heavily abused. Several people were running bots that spammed other users' comments with "LOL" reactions, increasing the amount they had by hundreds (in one case thousands) overnight. It was decided it was best to remove it.

Anything you said can apply to anything on the forums. It just sounds to me that because it was a LOL button that people cried over it.

Really? So people are running bots to spam other reactions to try to make it seem like a large number of people disagree with certain users?
We're not talking about the possibility of abuse; we're talking about the actual abuse of this feature.

The same can apply to a vote up or awesome in a counter post/counter comment. Its clear that because it was a LOL button and that it was heavily implying to whoever it was used on was "a joke." And as such that hurt someones feelings. So it was removed mainly due to that fact.

I'll ask you again: are people actively using bots to spam other reactions to try to make it seem like a large number of people disagree with certain users? Because if not, then no, the same doesn't apply.

No, as of now no. That doesn't mean it can't happen though either now can it?

Indeed, but do you think we should act on the hypothetical (and unlikely) scenario you've made up, or on the reality that we currently live in?
Because the reality is, it's impossible to automate such a system with positive reactions, because it'd require a bot that could read and interpret text to figure out if a comment was agreeing or disagreeing with a certain user. Anyone who could create such a bot wouldn't be using it to troll forum users; they'd be working for Alphabet, or Facebook, or the NSA, or the CIA, or the FBI, or literally any entity whose job description is to analyze and process data.

What in the ######### are you talking about? We're talking about scenarios Orion... Sce-Nar-ios... The fact that it CAN happen means it probably WILL happen! This is why people take steps to prevent that even if its unpreventable... And we're not talking about complex A.I. we're talking about man operated bots...

You're taking this way to far to prove a point...

AlwaysInAGoodShape

@PhantomMask20763 said:
Have an awesome

Puts an awesome

Bet you didn't see that one coming! >:)

What does it mean? What does it say? We'll never knoee~

Mc_Harty

Where were you when they took away our laughter?

PhantomMask20763

AlwaysInAGoodShape said:

@PhantomMask20763 said:
Have an awesome

Puts an awesome

Bet you didn't see that one coming! >:)

What does it mean? What does it say? We'll never knoee~

*insert surprised pikachu face*

Hoodied

Literally ######### legions drop

Eveline

Awesome is the new LOL. I think.

Orion

@FireHazard said:

@Orion said:

@FireHazard said:

@Orion said:

@FireHazard said:

@Orion said:

@FireHazard said:

@Orion said:
It was removed because it was being heavily abused. Several people were running bots that spammed other users' comments with "LOL" reactions, increasing the amount they had by hundreds (in one case thousands) overnight. It was decided it was best to remove it.

Anything you said can apply to anything on the forums. It just sounds to me that because it was a LOL button that people cried over it.

Really? So people are running bots to spam other reactions to try to make it seem like a large number of people disagree with certain users?
We're not talking about the possibility of abuse; we're talking about the actual abuse of this feature.

The same can apply to a vote up or awesome in a counter post/counter comment. Its clear that because it was a LOL button and that it was heavily implying to whoever it was used on was "a joke." And as such that hurt someones feelings. So it was removed mainly due to that fact.

I'll ask you again: are people actively using bots to spam other reactions to try to make it seem like a large number of people disagree with certain users? Because if not, then no, the same doesn't apply.

No, as of now no. That doesn't mean it can't happen though either now can it?

Indeed, but do you think we should act on the hypothetical (and unlikely) scenario you've made up, or on the reality that we currently live in?
Because the reality is, it's impossible to automate such a system with positive reactions, because it'd require a bot that could read and interpret text to figure out if a comment was agreeing or disagreeing with a certain user. Anyone who could create such a bot wouldn't be using it to troll forum users; they'd be working for Alphabet, or Facebook, or the NSA, or the CIA, or the FBI, or literally any entity whose job description is to analyze and process data.

What in the [BAD WORD] are you talking about? We're talking about scenarios Orion... Sce-Nar-ios... The fact that it CAN happen means it probably WILL happen! This is why people take steps to prevent that even if its unpreventable... And we're not talking about complex A.I. we're talking about man operated bots...

You're taking this way to far to prove a point...

No, we're talking about automated bots, which is what actually happened. That's how the "LOL" ratings increased so quickly.
I could imagine a scenario where you post something bannable and get banned. Should you be banned as a precaution? That's the same logic you're advocating in regards to the remaining reaction buttons.

Orion

@Eveline said:
Awesome is the new LOL. I think.

But only for things that are actually funny, so it all worked out.

Master

FireHazard said:

@Orion said:

@FireHazard said:

@Orion said:

@FireHazard said:

@Orion said:
It was removed because it was being heavily abused. Several people were running bots that spammed other users' comments with "LOL" reactions, increasing the amount they had by hundreds (in one case thousands) overnight. It was decided it was best to remove it.

Anything you said can apply to anything on the forums. It just sounds to me that because it was a LOL button that people cried over it.

Really? So people are running bots to spam other reactions to try to make it seem like a large number of people disagree with certain users?
We're not talking about the possibility of abuse; we're talking about the actual abuse of this feature.

The same can apply to a vote up or awesome in a counter post/counter comment. Its clear that because it was a LOL button and that it was heavily implying to whoever it was used on was "a joke." And as such that hurt someones feelings. So it was removed mainly due to that fact.

I'll ask you again: are people actively using bots to spam other reactions to try to make it seem like a large number of people disagree with certain users? Because if not, then no, the same doesn't apply.

No, as of now no. That doesn't mean it can't happen though either now can it?

Maybe someone will do that and we will lose the awesome and up vote button aswell.

Mhm I wonder how you program such bots.... Maybe with a python script? Mhm....

Poweas

@AlwaysInAGoodShape said:

@JoyfulLeader said:
I miss the LOL button, does anyone know why it was removed?
R.I.P LOL Button

First the downvote button meant downvote:
Then the LOL button became the new downvote...
Now the Awesome button became the new downvote?

Don't awesome this comment
Paranoia intensifies

You know I had to.

FireHazard

@EntityDispleased said:
FireHazard said:

@Orion said:

@FireHazard said:

@Orion said:

@FireHazard said:

@Orion said:

@FireHazard said:

@Orion said:

It was removed because it was being heavily abused. Several people were running bots that spammed other users' comments with "LOL" reactions, increasing the amount they had by hundreds (in one case thousands) overnight. It was decided it was best to remove it.

Anything you said can apply to anything on the forums. It just sounds to me that because it was a LOL button that people cried over it.

Really? So people are running bots to spam other reactions to try to make it seem like a large number of people disagree with certain users?

We're not talking about the possibility of abuse; we're talking about the actual abuse of this feature.

The same can apply to a vote up or awesome in a counter post/counter comment. Its clear that because it was a LOL button and that it was heavily implying to whoever it was used on was "a joke." And as such that hurt someones feelings. So it was removed mainly due to that fact.

I'll ask you again: are people actively using bots to spam other reactions to try to make it seem like a large number of people disagree with certain users? Because if not, then no, the same doesn't apply.

No, as of now no. That doesn't mean it can't happen though either now can it?

Indeed, but do you think we should act on the hypothetical (and unlikely) scenario you've made up, or on the reality that we currently live in?

Because the reality is, it's impossible to automate such a system with positive reactions, because it'd require a bot that could read and interpret text to figure out if a comment was agreeing or disagreeing with a certain user. Anyone who could create such a bot wouldn't be using it to troll forum users; they'd be working for Alphabet, or Facebook, or the NSA, or the CIA, or the FBI, or literally any entity whose job description is to analyze and process data.

What in the [BAD WORD] are you talking about? We're talking about scenarios Orion... Sce-Nar-ios... The fact that it CAN happen means it probably WILL happen! This is why people take steps to prevent that even if its unpreventable... And we're not talking about complex A.I. we're talking about man operated bots...

You're taking this way to far to prove a point...

And right now we're talking about things that already happened. No one here can foretell the future of the other three buttons so when the day comes that one of the buttons get abused, I'm sure they'll take action just like they did with the LOL button. With your logic, we should all bar ourselves in bomb shelters because it's possible that WW3 can happen someday but we don't know when it'll happen, so we should take precautions just in case.

@Orion said:

@FireHazard said:

@Orion said:

@FireHazard said:

@Orion said:

@FireHazard said:

@Orion said:

@FireHazard said:

@Orion said:
It was removed because it was being heavily abused. Several people were running bots that spammed other users' comments with "LOL" reactions, increasing the amount they had by hundreds (in one case thousands) overnight. It was decided it was best to remove it.

Anything you said can apply to anything on the forums. It just sounds to me that because it was a LOL button that people cried over it.

Really? So people are running bots to spam other reactions to try to make it seem like a large number of people disagree with certain users?
We're not talking about the possibility of abuse; we're talking about the actual abuse of this feature.

The same can apply to a vote up or awesome in a counter post/counter comment. Its clear that because it was a LOL button and that it was heavily implying to whoever it was used on was "a joke." And as such that hurt someones feelings. So it was removed mainly due to that fact.

I'll ask you again: are people actively using bots to spam other reactions to try to make it seem like a large number of people disagree with certain users? Because if not, then no, the same doesn't apply.

No, as of now no. That doesn't mean it can't happen though either now can it?

Indeed, but do you think we should act on the hypothetical (and unlikely) scenario you've made up, or on the reality that we currently live in?
Because the reality is, it's impossible to automate such a system with positive reactions, because it'd require a bot that could read and interpret text to figure out if a comment was agreeing or disagreeing with a certain user. Anyone who could create such a bot wouldn't be using it to troll forum users; they'd be working for Alphabet, or Facebook, or the NSA, or the CIA, or the FBI, or literally any entity whose job description is to analyze and process data.

What in the [BAD WORD] are you talking about? We're talking about scenarios Orion... Sce-Nar-ios... The fact that it CAN happen means it probably WILL happen! This is why people take steps to prevent that even if its unpreventable... And we're not talking about complex A.I. we're talking about man operated bots...

You're taking this way to far to prove a point...

No, we're talking about automated bots, which is what actually happened. That's how the "LOL" ratings increased so quickly.
I could imagine a scenario where you post something bannable and get banned. Should you be banned as a precaution? That's the same logic you're advocating in regards to the remaining reaction buttons.

All i'm saying is that because it can happen, that it could. Doesn't mean we should take massive precautions towards it "which I never said in the first place you're just putting words in my mouth..." i'm saying that it could happen again to any of the other buttons... but it also might not.... SO WHO KNOWS!

DocFabron

It got facecamped off the forums.

BillyIII

Awesome is the new LOL.