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Can we please remove the vote buttons?

Remove vote buttons?

  • Yes

    Votes: 219 29.3%

  • No

    Votes: 387 51.8%

  • Like Button Only

    Votes: 119 15.9%

  • Other

    Votes: 22 2.9%
  • Total voters
    747
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tekno said:
I'd like to see the vote button used more productively.

For example, when coming across a thread like this one with 300-odd posts, it'd be nice to be able to select to 10 top-rated posts so you can get a quick gist of the thread (and hopefully weed out all the "+1" rubbish).
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Sadly, with a forum full of corporate fanatics, the positive rated posts aren't always the 'best' posts, IMO. I might actually prefer seeing the most negative votes in many threads as they are the POV I'd be more likely to agree with, this one included.
 
Surely said:
There is no team. You act as if we're organized or something. lolz :confused:

You have quite the imagination.


I also don't care what you think about anything, and I don't want your respect. Yay internets!
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That's pretty hilarious. Next he'll be saying we have secret meetings with hoods.

Anyway, I hope you didn't wake him up, so he can now resume posting blah, blah, blah.

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arn said:
The voting system test is still ongoing.

I have some tweaks to make before we can see how it's performing. As there is no major consequence for getting negative votes, I don't think that people seem to object too much.

We may try the Like-only system, but still working on it...

arn
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Might as well ask if this is any closer to being resolved.
 
-aggie- said:
Might as well ask if this is any closer to being resolved.
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If you follow arn's tweets, he's into Touch Arcade these days. They got a new app in the last month or so and are working on a redesign.
 
-aggie- said:
That's pretty hilarious. Next he'll be saying we have secret meetings with hoods.

Anyway, I hope you didn't wake him up, so he can now resume posting blah, blah, blah.
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No you do a good enough job making yourself appear hypocritical without my help.

Might as well ask if this is any closer to being resolved.
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It has been resolved. You lost the vote. Get over it.

Better yet, why don't you all protest it by leaving the forums forever? ;)
 
rdowns said:
If you follow arn's tweets, he's into Touch Arcade these days. They got a new app in the last month or so and are working on a redesign.
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Well, I've been keeping busy with MacRumors pre-WWDC stuff too. More a factor is probably that we have lost a programmer for a while, so the remaining programmer (who was a new hire) has had to fill other tasks and catch up, so I haven't wanted to distract him with a new (even relatively small) task.

arn
 
arn said:
Well, I've been keeping busy with MacRumors pre-WWDC stuff too. More a factor is probably that we have lost a programmer for a while, so the remaining programmer (who was a new hire) has had to fill other tasks and catch up, so I haven't wanted to distract him with a new (even relatively small) task.

arn
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Not criticizing. Just pointing out you love the game nerds more than us. ;)
 
^^^ Right. I use Tapatalk on the iPad, but I would say my MR time is 75% on computer and 25% on iPad with Tapatalk. So using Tapatalk exclusively is not a solution.
 
Surely said:
There is no team. You act as if we're organized or something. lolz :confused:

You have quite the imagination.


I also don't care what you think about anything, and I don't want your respect. Yay internets!
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-aggie- said:
That's pretty hilarious. Next he'll be saying we have secret meetings with hoods.

Anyway, I hope you didn't wake him up, so he can now resume posting blah, blah, blah.

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Might as well ask if this is any closer to being resolved.
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Two words. Private Talk. ;)
 
rdowns said:
Get used to it. There are many demis who have said they won't be renewing when their subscriptions expire.
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Yuppers.


-aggie- was kind enough to point me to a post that describes how to remove the vote buttons. It's a custom filter for AdBlock for Chrome. Here's the post:

https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/14985318/

SGMD1 said:
The voting system here is useless. Just add this filter to Adblock Plus (if you're not using an ad blocker, why the !#$% not?):
Code: 
forums.macrumors.com##SPAN[id*="post_rate_"]
...which results in this:

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Done and done. Thanks -aggie- and SGMD1!
 
Surely said:
-aggie- was kind enough to point me to a post that describes how to remove the vote buttons. It's a custom filter for AdBlock for Chrome. Here's the post:
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It also works in Safari for those that are interested. I have been using it for a few months now and the only time I see the voting is when browsing from the iPad.
 
Macman45 said:
I have a far more basic solution.....I have sort of trained my eyes not to look at the buttons at all...I take no notice of them at all, but this might be useful!
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That's what I do, too. And you're right, it's a simple solution. :p

I don't have any strong feelings about the buttons at all anyway, but since I'm not going to judge what I think about a post based on up-and-down buttons, I really just don't even notice the numbers most of the time.
 
annk said:
That's what I do, too. And you're right, it's a simple solution. :p

I don't have any strong feelings about the buttons at all anyway, but since I'm not going to judge what I think about a post based on up-and-down buttons, I really just don't even notice the numbers most of the time.
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Wow! I never thought of this!! All we have to do is ignore the buttons. Problem solved.
 
Down voting growth?

Hi everyone,

I've been noticing a trend where "almost" any comment is getting down votes. This got aggravated by ongoing war between IOS and Android. I don't get it...


Cheers,
Joe

Edit: Seems like my post comes 1 year or so later... :)
 
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G.I. Joe said:
Hi everyone,

I've been noticing a trend where "almost" any comment is getting down votes. This got aggravated by ongoing war between IOS and Android. I don't get it...


Cheers,
Joe

Edit: Seems like my post comes 1 year or so later... :)
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If I were you, I'd use my kung-fu grip to stem the problem.
 
Another vote against voting buttons. :D


@arnoldkim: it still kills me that digg's last revision removed the "digg" button in favor of Up and Down votes. the site's called digg!!!
 
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