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MacRumors seems to be growing up

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Its refreshing to see the majority of people in the news article discussions being pretty level headed and fair against competing companies. I think the Windows 8 thread was a great example of this. Though obviously there are still a few idiots that are the same as always (as well as the 3-4 individuals that will never change). A few months ago, level-headedness was composed of just a few who would be ridiculed for saying any thing not pro-Apple. Maybe there are the same amounts of each, but now more are willing to point out fallacies, FUD and lies spewed by the few. I dont know.

Anyone else notice a difference lately?
 
Are we on the same message board? There's still a ton of bias here whenever anything Apple related is brought up. It's expected obviously but I'll never get why people care about defending a brand so hard that they have nothing invested in same goes for android fans, or anyone
 
Rating system should go. Vote this post up if you agree with me.

Wait, wut.... ?

MR has changed since I joined a few years ago. Back in the day, there were some members who were a lot of fun who posted more in the general convo section (in here).. they've quieted down a bit, but we've gained some new ones who also make it fun. Just not like it was. Wait, maybe that's because I was a demi for a bit and now I'm not. People are much more chatty when you're a demi. :p
 
I wrote in that thread saying windows 8 looks like a piece of **** :D

If it makes any difference i think Lion does too and no, i haven't used either.
 
There is definitely less clutter on the iPhone and iPad forums.

I don't think that you'll ever get rid of the Apple zealot, though.... honestly, that is the kind of customer that Apples corporate culture fosters made worse by the advent of the internet message board.
 
Melrose said:
MR has changed since I joined a few years ago.
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It's changed a bit since I've joined too. ;) I have to say I think there has been some really good computer/OS X coverage lately. Right before WWDC there a tons of great threads / rumors to read.

I think the progression of MR has been a good one, the mods do a very good job.
 
Melrose said:
Rating system should go. Vote this post up if you agree with me.

Wait, wut.... ?

MR has changed since I joined a few years ago. Back in the day, there were some members who were a lot of fun who posted more in the general convo section (in here).. they've quieted down a bit, but we've gained some new ones who also make it fun. Just not like it was. Wait, maybe that's because I was a demi for a bit and now I'm not. People are much more chatty when you're a demi. :p
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I think what could be a lot of fun that most of the forums have is an "General" thread where users can go and talk about whatever the heck they want. USually they get hundreds of thousands of posts in them, because users just go in and shoot the ****. I feel like it could relax the pants in a bunch atmosphere this forum has :p
 
Pink∆Floyd;13206116 said:
It's meant to visually reflect people's opinion regarding the post posted, I find it enjoyable :)
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Except it's being abused. You can make a completely factual post with evidence provided, but if enough people think you just made a jab at Apple, you'll be ranked -40 in no time.

It's become a popularity contest more than anything. It doesn't denote quality or lack thereof of a post, it only denotes the mob mentality. Positive means you've posted to please the mob, negative means you've angered the mob.

All it serves is to promote people making sheepish responses to get positive votes. Just go with the crowd and the flow and don't mind the facts too much.
 
KnightWRX said:
Except it's being abused. You can make a completely factual post with evidence provided, but if enough people think you just made a jab at Apple, you'll be ranked -40 in no time.

It's become a popularity contest more than anything. It doesn't denote quality or lack thereof of a post, it only denotes the mob mentality. Positive means you've posted to please the mob, negative means you've angered the mob.

All it serves is to promote people making sheepish responses to get positive votes. Just go with the crowd and the flow and don't mind the facts too much.
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This.

Voted you down just to prove your point :D
I 100% agree, but as I see it, you are already at a -2 before mine.
You sir, have angered the MOB.

No idea why there is a rating system at all, useless.
 
KnightWRX said:
Except it's being abused. You can make a completely factual post with evidence provided, but if enough people think you just made a jab at Apple, you'll be ranked -40 in no time.

It's become a popularity contest more than anything. It doesn't denote quality or lack thereof of a post, it only denotes the mob mentality. Positive means you've posted to please the mob, negative means you've angered the mob.

All it serves is to promote people making sheepish responses to get positive votes. Just go with the crowd and the flow and don't mind the facts too much.
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But honestly, does it bother you that much if you get downvoted? Disagree - sure, downvote it all you want. I'd prefer responses since it's less passive-aggressive, but unless it were consistently happening to all my posts, I wouldn't care. If it were consistent, I'd reconsider my posting style more than my content...

Just my two cents...
 
From what I've seen, this is incredibly true. People like LTD are really bringing, fair, unbiased, and honest critiques to the consumer technology of this world.

:D
 
Daffodil said:
But honestly, does it bother you that much if you get downvoted? Disagree - sure, downvote it all you want. I'd prefer responses since it's less passive-aggressive, but unless it were consistently happening to all my posts, I wouldn't care. If it were consistent, I'd reconsider my posting style more than my content...
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No, I don't care. If I did, I'd cater to the mob for approval points. But if I post something objective with tons of evidence, at least have the decency to rebuke if you don't "agree" or have evidence to the contrary. Negative voting is the coward's way of doing it.

That's just disrespectful in my opinion.
 
tigres said:
They should kill the rating system; as it serves no purpose except piss people off to recognize others who abuse it.
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It's funny because as I was reading your post I had your text at about the bottom of my screen and I already knew you were going to have a negative rating.
 
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