# About thumbs up and down in ask.discourse

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-thumbs-up-and-down-in-ask-discourse/412289
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** ai, ai-bot
**Created:** [September 12, 2026, 6:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-thumbs-up-and-down-in-ask-discourse/412289 "2026-09-12T18:41:41Z")
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### Author: ![AdamWargon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/adamwargon/32/574143_2.png) [@AdamWargon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AdamWargon)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2026, 7:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-thumbs-up-and-down-in-ask-discourse/412289/4 "2026-09-12T19:44:18Z")

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As far as I know, @codinghorror deliberately avoided the thumbs-down option when first designing Discourse, in order to facilitate dialogue. In order to promote positive human connection, rather than technically accurate Q&A.

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