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I like the alternative that is being suggested, that there be a checkbox to enable/disable notifications about a suggestion. If you're of the compulsive sort who will check notifications even though you KNOW you're going to be stressed out by them, it's nice to just not have them to begin with, and to decide to go visit your suggestion when you're ready rather than when notifications hit you over the head. But allowing a submission to be prematurely closed is to quit before an idea has a chance to develop - what if you ran into all the knuckleheads right in the beginning? Give it a chance. But none or reduced notifications would be nice.

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Maybe we could have a checkbox before making a suggestion that asks if we want to receive notifications or not?   It's not like the author of a suggestion can really interact with comments or otherwise defend their suggestion anyway.

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I don't think this is a good idea, plain and simple. (Ironic, huh) I do understand your plight though. Maybe adding the option of hiding your username just in case you might get harassed would remedy a little? But once you make a suggestion it's out in the water for people to vote on. Death of the author and what not. There's always the option to just not look at the suggestion if it goes south and ignore rude comments, which I highly suggest.

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I'm torn, tbh. On the one hand I understand the wish to stop the flow of notifications, especially if it's a downvote and comment Nr. 10 about the same already existing feature.   On the other hand, it invites closing the suggestion down because one is angry/hurt about one or two downvotes, while others might like the suggestion or it might get more support over time. (To clarify, I'm not saying that is you, I'm saying it might happen to some people. Any system can be abused, unfortunately.)   This would waste coins of the ones who were in support and might lead to people being less inclined to support suggestions because they fear, that it might not stick around? (I might be wrong, I'm just trying to look at different angles)   TBH, I totally understand that some comments can seem rude or harsh. Sometimes I'd wish editing was a thing, to add more clarification in the suggestion or edit a comment after the fact, because in the heat of the moment, things might get worded poorly. (I get, why this is not a thing, but still) I know there is the option to attach a discussion and maybe with discussion boards this might work better, but my experience is, that off-site discussions rarely are utilized.   Maybe this feature needs one or two dedicated staff members/moderators, that can be contacted in such a case and could close a suggestion if there is a good reason like the here mentioned one?

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If somebody makes a suggestion, I think they should have the right to withdraw their own suggestion, especially if there are unkind comments - something that happens all too often online. I know that a few times I've looked for something in World Anvil, can't find it, so have asked about it on Discord - then not 5 minutes later I've found it and felt like an idiot wasting other people's time. Or how about even if somebody makes a suggestion, then the commentary clarifies their thought and they want to make a similar, but improved suggestion? World Anvil is all about taking control of your creativity - and I think that should extend to your own suggestions.

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I agree with Valhaia that sometimes the negative responses can be quite mean, but many people such as I (and others I've seen) share polite, constructive criticism as opposed to just downvoting and yelling at the person. I believe that each suggestion should stay open because if one uninformed person downvotes a suggestion but does not know that the feature actually doesn't exist/would be useful etc, we would have a lot of premature closures. No matter if the suggestion is useful in my opinion or not, I applaud everyone for being brave enough to step out there and give their two-cents. The World Anvil community is meant to be very friendly, but perhaps the downvoting should be softened a bit or moderated more and maybe a PSA should be sent out to encourage people to stay kind even when they disagree with something? Thank you for your suggestion. I believe it does address some issues that need to be explored for the wellbeing of the community. God bless you.

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I'm going to say that this is a bit counterintuitive to what I understand the Suggestion & Voting board to be. Everyone should be able to share their thoughts and opinions for new features! Though I will say I've seen some folks who're perhaps a little too blunt in their responses.   Going to downvote this with the caveat that perhaps Dimi can include another optional checkbox beneath "Cast vote anonymously" to include whether or not we want to be notified for votes.

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