Is there any plugin for downvoting questions and replies in Discourse

[pranav_vdd (Pranav)]

Hello,

I was looking for downvoting functionality for replies and questions. Is there any plugin for this purpose.

[Stranik (Evgeny)]

Discourse strictly say is not a Q&A system, but you can look:

Question Answer Plugin

This plugin is now retired in favour of the official Discourse Post Voting plugin Question Answer plugin that allows you to create topics in a similar QA style used by Stack Overflow. [Screen Shot 2020-02-04 at 5.13.38 PM] Get the code See an example Request a feature Report a bug Of note Up-votes, but no down-votes (yet) The first post of the topic cannot be voted on (yet). Adding this would raise some …

But as far as I know there is no function that you are looking for.

Still in my opinion a few useful plugins

Discourse Solved

Summary Discourse Solved allows users to accept solutions on topics in designated categories. Install Guide This plugin is bundled with Discourse core. There is no need to install the plugin separately. Enabling Solved The Solved plugin can be enabled from its settings, accessed from your admin/plugins page: [admin/plugins] After enabling the plugin, to switch on Solved for all categories use the allow solved on all topics site setting. Alternati…

Discourse Topic Voting

Summary Discourse Topic Voting gives the ability to vote on topics in a specified category.[1] Install Guide This plugin is bundled with Discourse core. There is no need to install the plugin separately. Features To enable it, edit any category, look on the settings tab for the “Allow users to vote on topics in this category” checkbox: [image] Once enabled, a “Votes” item is available in the top menu. The topics in that category can be voted on w…

[Stephen]

No, there’s no downvote option.

Discourse isn’t trying to be Reddit, the fear of downvotes can negatively influence what would otherwise be productive and useful discussion.

[JammyDodger]

We now have the Post Voting plugin which allows upvoting and downvoting of posts:

Discourse Post Voting

Summary Discourse Post Voting allows the creation of topics with votable posts. Install Guide This plugin is bundled with Discourse core. There is no need to install the plugin separately. Features To create a new topic with votable posts open the menu in the top left of the composer and select ‘Toggle Post Voting’: [post voting toggle] With the topic in Post Voting mode, there’s a filter to sort answers by votes or by activity. Here’s an example …