Where's the down button?
I always used that.
Now it's no fun.
Bleah!
And here we have an excellent display of why it is good they are gone. Someone admitting they used it "for fun." And now mad, apparently, that the toy has been taken away.
Michael
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Can we please remove the vote buttons?
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And here we have an excellent display of why it is good they are gone. Someone admitting they used it "for fun." And now mad, apparently, that the toy has been taken away.
Michael
I would agree to keep the down voting if it was no longer anonymous. Take away the anonymity and you at least have some accountability. Right now I think it is too easy to just click, with no one ever knowing that you did. Why not take ownership of your opinion?
Same thing for up votes: show who voted.
Finally, I think there should be a daily limit for both: say, 20 per day. That would keep the vote whores at bay, IMO.
Michael
Same thing for up votes: show who voted.
Finally, I think there should be a daily limit for both: say, 20 per day. That would keep the vote whores at bay, IMO.
Michael
I haven't been following this thread. But may I make a suggestion? Could the ability to up vote one's own post be removed or disabled? I'm not sure if the vBulletin is able to do this. I feel like it would deflate pompous windbags before they start a mob of up voting or by up voting their own ill-advised advice.
It wasn't an official poll. A member started a thread and included the poll. No one from MR said it was binding.
Polls aren't binding in a democracy, they're just used to get a sense of what people think.
That's right, and an Internet forum isn't a democracy.
I have to say that members' opinions are always considered and discussed. But the site owner is the one who decides how he wants his site to run, and he can try out whatever functions he likes, for as long as he likes.
Thank you for the honest reply. It seems that the function of this particular sub-forum is superfluous.
Personally I'm glad it's gone. The down vote has from my viewpoint extensiblly been used by people to further the petty fanboy arguments that flair up whenever somethng about Microsoft, Android, Samsung etc.. is mentioned. Whether it be pro or con.
Likewise the amount of times I've seen innocent or posts which clearly are sarcasm based, being down voted because those same folks don't bother reading or trying to understand context in the majority of instances.
It also is annoying to see someone post a lengthy or wordy answer to someone's question being down voted willy nilly and that clearly acts as a disincentive for anyone to bother going to the effort in helping or answering questions.
If a post is clearly set out to troll or cause insult, surly we have the report button. It worked for years before the voting system was implemented and I am Sure will continue to work now the downvote is gone.
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Nope the yes remove them and the like button only numbers combined out number the no votes
Besides Annk hit the nail on the head..
Likewise the amount of times I've seen innocent or posts which clearly are sarcasm based, being down voted because those same folks don't bother reading or trying to understand context in the majority of instances.
It also is annoying to see someone post a lengthy or wordy answer to someone's question being down voted willy nilly and that clearly acts as a disincentive for anyone to bother going to the effort in helping or answering questions.
If a post is clearly set out to troll or cause insult, surly we have the report button. It worked for years before the voting system was implemented and I am Sure will continue to work now the downvote is gone.
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Nope the yes remove them and the like button only numbers combined out number the no votes
Besides Annk hit the nail on the head..
It sounds like you missed this part of my post:
Some things get changed based on feedback, some things don't. But feedback is always discussed, even (and perhaps especially) in situations where it's clear there's no consensus.
Combining "Yes" and "Up vote only" does not make any sense whatsoever. 34% wanted to remove the buttons altogether. 47% wanted to keep them. The people that wanted to remove the buttons did not want an up vote only.Nope the yes remove them and the like button only numbers combined out number the no votes
Besides Annk hit the nail on the head..
I don't mind that the down vote is gone too much, but I think it's silly to keep the up voteonly. That means 17% of the people that voted actually got what they wanted.
Imagine the poll was
Should weed and crack be legalised?
32% voted to legalise weed
47% voted no
17% voted yes
So the decision was made to legalise weed and crack. Hold on a moment. You can't just lump the pro weed with the pro crack voters and declare a victory for crack. Legalised weed? Not the end of the world. Legalise crack? Well, 79% said no to crack, yet it's now legal....
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No, I read it and completely understood what you're saying. Thanks again.
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Another site has an up and down vote feature, but you see BOTH results, as in
+17/-4
Which gives a better idea how comments are received than what we get here.
What we get here is a system where votes can negate each other; you only get the net favorability number as opposed to the raw vote numbers. If a comment has a '0' here, you don't know if it was ignored or if it was wildly polarizing with offsetting votes canceling each other out.
+17/-4
Which gives a better idea how comments are received than what we get here.
What we get here is a system where votes can negate each other; you only get the net favorability number as opposed to the raw vote numbers. If a comment has a '0' here, you don't know if it was ignored or if it was wildly polarizing with offsetting votes canceling each other out.
Okay thought it was my computer so i logged off and then logged back on and still only saw the like button. LOL I loved the BOO!!! button. Too bad.
Okay thought it was my computer so i logged off and then logged back on and still only saw the like button. LOL I loved the BOO!!! button. Too bad.
I second this
I guess you misunderstood their purpose.
If disagreement by down voting wasn't their purpose, what was? And what does that say for an up vote?
You surely have a lot to say about a topic you're ignoring.
I'm not ignoring the topic, I've hidden the vote buttons.
Plus, it's one of my subscriptions so it keeps popping up.
/shrug
What on earth happened to the downvote button guys? Sure it was a pain in the behind sometimes the downrate thing, but it was also a very good indication, usually of a post that made a lot of sense. . Sometimes the exact opposite of course.
In any case what's the rationale in keeping what the 16% here wanted according to the poll which only the like button?
Thirty % want no vote buttons, fourty something close to 50% want vote buttons and 16% want only a like button and they get their way?
I am very confused as to what's going on here.
I d say bring both back, or do away with them altogether.
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by far. Now can I downvote it please?
. Sometimes the exact opposite of course.In any case what's the rationale in keeping what the 16% here wanted according to the poll which only the like button?
Thirty % want no vote buttons, fourty something close to 50% want vote buttons and 16% want only a like button and they get their way?
I am very confused as to what's going on here.
I d say bring both back, or do away with them altogether.
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by far. Now can I downvote it please?
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