The IOTD's seem to have been merged into auto-generated YA threads. That might help give the subforum some more traction. I wouldn't mind having ratings enabled in YA - even with downvotes, any thread would probably get far more upvotes than downvotes. That said, I foresee the possibility that the weight of each upvote will need to be reduced a bit to keep them balanced over the whole forum, especially if only upvotes are allowed ultimately.