Look at it this way. This system could be a whole lot worse. You think being a fanboy is bad on GG? Try Digg.

You can post a well thought out and educated response to any article- however if you disagree with the collective will and mindset of the userbase; prepare to be buried. I have had comments that were quotations, figures, and statistics from governmental or NGO websites and have been buried to over -30. Its just stuff that happens.

The threshold has been up'd to 10 hasn't it?

If it really becomes bad - then perhaps it would have to be up'd again some more.


Another thing to bring up is - I don't think people actually use the thumbing system as much as we think. The majority of posts that have any thumb attention at all are negative ones. Seldom do I see members posts actually rewarded with positive thumbs, aside from the occasional well respected member.

quote Deathsythe

Look at it this way. This system could be a whole lot worse. You think being a fanboy is bad on GG? Try Digg.

You can post a well thought out and educated response to any article- however if you disagree with the collective will and mindset of the userbase; prepare to be buried. I have had comments that were quotations, figures, and statistics from governmental or NGO websites and have been buried to over -30. Its just stuff that happens.

The threshold has been up'd to 10 hasn't it?

If it really becomes bad - then perhaps it would have to be up'd again some more.


Another thing to bring up is - I don't think people actually use the thumbing system as much as we think. The majority of posts that have any thumb attention at all are negative ones. Seldom do I see members posts actually rewarded with positive thumbs, aside from the occasional well respected member.

That's what you get for speaking your mind. Even if it's just idiotic, annoying, argumentative, controversial, etc. If you choose to speak and express on your own boundaries, negative responses are likely to happen. If you can't handle it, then well...shut up. It's really common sense.

There's no place where you can speak your mind and expect to avoid the negative among responses. Quite frankly I think thumbing down is better than members going in and calling you a *bleep* for some of the posts you make.

Lol, Final Blade ended up proving my point when he tried to defend himself.

Again, I see no need for removing the "negative thumbs", but not allowing us to see comments below the threshold should be changed.

I agree it should be removed. I see alot of crap posts getting thumbs up and good posts getting thumbs down

quote Armed Rebel f

No one likes getting thumbs down, so it pushes people to improve their comments and creates a better community in general I think.

quote Armed Rebel f

He has such a history of idiotic, stupid and blatantly annoying comments, that his comments are, consciously or otherwise, under a finer microscope.

To modify my point I made earlier. I just really don't see many comments getting thumb'd up.

Moreso down... The thumbing system seems to be used moreso to "punish" posters than reward good ones.

Um, hi.

Why is this one little detail being overlooked?

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Troublesome comments would be handled through a report feature that has no affect upon the comment itself until a moderator has seen to it.

See, my question is "why the hell are you bothered by that in the first place?".

The "thumbs down" system really does go a short way to prevent the most obvious abuse in the forums; flaming. Really, it's an easy way for people to let someone know they disagree (or (s)he looks like an idiot) without having to flame the living hell of out them like what happens so often in the forums.

quote Smoke N a Pancake

See, my question is "why the hell are you bothered by that in the first place?".

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Really, it's an easy way for people to let someone know they disagree

So the general reason as to why to remove is: blame many for the acts of a few...

Nice.

With Absolute's comment in mind - Xenc, is there a way for you to tell who exactly has thumbed down specific comments.

I think a more detailed breakdown of the situation would help all of us to understand what is going on better, maybe shed some light on these thumbing statistics.

quote Reenee NLI

quote Smoke N a Pancake

See, my question is "why the hell are you bothered by that in the first place?".

Because apparently some douchebag thinks he's getting away with it when it's clear that stupid actions like these are going by unmoderated. It's also hurting one's reputation for unfair reasons when you're getting boo'd at for posting a FACT.

quote Deathsythe

Xenc, is there a way for you to tell who exactly has thumbed down specific comments.

I think a more detailed breakdown of the situation would help all of us to understand what is going on better, maybe shed some light on these thumbing statistics.

Another idea could be that you can't thumb people up or down unless you participate in that article's discussion.....that would eliminate random people thumbing down others.


Edit: spelling