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Can we please remove the vote buttons?
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I never noticed it too. Probably because most don't read the article pages and never see that.
That nasty crack just earned you a negative vote. I hope that teaches you a lesson.
I think sometimes voting down is a way to express your dislike without getting into a little B!TC# fight and getting the thread off topic.
I admit, I've been guilty of that trap in the past
I admit, I've been guilty of that trap in the past
I like the voting. It gives me a general idea on how a particular comment has been received. I'd actually prefer separate like and dislike counts. E.g., +5/-10.
I don't really see a negative to them.
1. They are easy to ignore
2. Negatives aren't necessarily a bad thing (nor positives a good thing)... the crowd isn't always right so you still need to form your own opinion.
p.s. I admit: When I saw the title of this thread I immediately clicked on just to vote the OP negative... heh, heh, heh. It's fun to be a smart aleck. I'm far from the only one
I don't really see a negative to them.
1. They are easy to ignore
2. Negatives aren't necessarily a bad thing (nor positives a good thing)... the crowd isn't always right so you still need to form your own opinion.
p.s. I admit: When I saw the title of this thread I immediately clicked on just to vote the OP negative... heh, heh, heh. It's fun to be a smart aleck. I'm far from the only one
This is a mac forum, anything Windows will be voted down. The majority of users here also think that windows means a black ugly plastic box that will break the moment you touch it and get viruses and bsod the moment you turn on the machine. Any comment saying this will get a bunch of pluses and anything saying, a windows might be better will get at least -10. Kind sad, but again this is a mac forum and every forum on the internet is always biased.
This is a mac forum, anything Windows will be voted down. The majority of users here also think that windows means a black ugly plastic box that will break the moment you touch it and get viruses and bsod the moment you turn on the machine. Any comment saying this will get a bunch of pluses and anything saying, a windows might be better will get at least -10. Kind sad, but again this is a mac forum and every forum on the internet is always biased.
That's because most people (Mac user or not) are intolerant of everything and everyone they disagree with. Wars have started over disagreements on beliefs, etc. and so getting angry over stupid things like tastes in computers just shows you how pathetic we are as a species in whole. Everything is me me me. Basically, Earth is just a metaphorical large kindergarten full of spoiled brats fighting over who gets to play with the Tonka trunk. The bullies grab it and the more meek (some might say civilized) folk get stuck with the the wooden tea set and alphabet blocks. While the toys change, the people remain basically the same.
I agree that people shouldn't be able to rate their own posts... but still gave your post a thumbs down
They are really annoying. We've removed them from the home page. Now lot's remove them from the posts. I thought that they would be a good idea at first, but now I don't think that? Why?
1) It's childish. This is a forum of adults and teenagers, not Kindergarden, let's try to act our own ages.
2) Any "anti-Apple" opinion gets a million arrow downs. Here is an example of how this would happen.
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Okay, I know it's not that extreme in most cases, but I've seen stuff similar to this since the vote buttons have been added. Here is a real example of this type of action.
3) People can rate there own posts. Cheating the system =
4) Maybe if arn doesn't want it completely removed we can be like Facebook, a like button, no dislike button.
I'll post anymore ideas as I think of them.
you don't have to worry about rating your own comments. With a rate of -47 on your original post...im sure that wasn't ALL you
It needs to show a list who "promoted" or "down rated" said post.
This is so another member like I can gauge a general behavior pattern of some members. So maybe someone is going around down voting every post they see. Then I can set their account in my ignore list and all their posts, comments, and down votes are ignored on my account.
This is so another member like I can gauge a general behavior pattern of some members. So maybe someone is going around down voting every post they see. Then I can set their account in my ignore list and all their posts, comments, and down votes are ignored on my account.
There's nothing "childish" about someone agreeing or disagreeing with what you posted
x4. I think the original intent of the system has been lost based on how it actually works in practice.
Voting isn't done based on the quality of post content, but rather whether or not the post is pro- or anti-Apple.
I've always been wary of post voting because it doesn't bring anything to the discussion, and often it's used as a cover. I can't even count off the number of times a perfectly reasonable response has been voted down just because another user doesn't like what they hear. It's not necessarily wrong, but it's perceived as such due to the negative number attached to it.
It's a delicate balance. Voting systems sometimes work, sometimes they don't. Unfortunately it's usually the latter.
It's a delicate balance. Voting systems sometimes work, sometimes they don't. Unfortunately it's usually the latter.
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It's a tour de force for anger at the moment people that otherwise have no interest in the thread or discussing it. That's what it is. Notice how there's sometimes dozens of votes on the first page or two of a front page thread, but later pages (even if the thread is 20 pages long) tend to only have a few votes by comparison regardless if they express similar views to the ones that got two dozen negative votes on the first page.
In other words, the more serious people that want to have a discussion on the topic tend to express themselves with posts not votes instead. One could almost call the voting system Vote And Run since that's its primary usage by the masses. Unfortunately, that means there is little meaning behind the votes because the more intellectual tend to respect other people's right to have differing opinions more than the irrational vote and run type. So, as someone said earlier, the only thing you can gauge on the first couple of pages with the voting system is how many irrational "fan" types we have in a given thread. However, most don't stick around for long. Another train wreck soon catches their eye to go ballistic on.
I find the post voting option, Petty and annoying.
It doesn't do anything productive to help the community, Only strengthen MacRumors pessimistic ways, and promote being a jerk to someone by making their post seem like junk.
It also backs up the stereotype that Mac users are total ****heads to anyone who believes differently than the mass majority/Apple-Cult.
I vote, Like button, Or no buttons at all.
Watch this post get a ton of down votes.
It doesn't do anything productive to help the community, Only strengthen MacRumors pessimistic ways, and promote being a jerk to someone by making their post seem like junk.
It also backs up the stereotype that Mac users are total ****heads to anyone who believes differently than the mass majority/Apple-Cult.
I vote, Like button, Or no buttons at all.
Watch this post get a ton of down votes.
Yet you like the ability to vote one direction only appealing? To me, that smacks of political correctness and I personally hate PC since it's just a smokescreen.
By using those words, you've demonstrated a lost worse tact than a simple vote down (that for all intensive purposes simply indicates you disagree with what was said without having to post a meaningless reply to indicate your displeasure).
A more meaningful voting system might show both positive and negative vote totals for a given post, thus giving a better idea of how many on the forums agree and disagree with a post rather than only showing the end result (e.g. 200 people could disagree with something on here and 201 agree and the net result to the end viewer would look like ONE person agreed with them... that is why it's a bad system, IMO not because you're allowed to disagree).
Voting in one direction isn't a negative thing, To me, Pessimists seem to have a problem with it. But I know for a fact that there would be a lot of stress on relationships and friendships if FaceBook had a dislike voting option.
Either way, Saying you don't like something does nothing to help any situation. Where liking something shows that the liker has shown interest in their topic, agrees with what they said or is encouraging them.
The internet is a harsh enough place already, The dislike voting option has done nothing to restrict meaningless replies. I think it only encourages them.
You are allowed to disagree, I just don't see why it is necessary to have your disagreement stated publicly. As I said before, It does NOTHING to solve the problem.
No clue what you meant by that..
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