The moonbus red thumbs poll

@suzianne said
The only people who want the thumb mechanics to change are those who are bothered by having people disagree with them. Or, on the flip side, not having people agree with them. Both demonstrate a personality disorder. This used to be called neurosis.

@suzianne said
I know Rusty. As you know, we've settled most of our grievances with each other through PM. I admit I too used to thumb down your thread when you started, but I stopped doing that when I saw you were committed and even gave you public kudos for hanging in there although people opposed it. I do appreciate commitment and dedication.

@suzianne said
I understand.

Like many here, and like a politician, I sometimes use the posts here as a launching pad for outbursts of my personal opinion about something. 'Tis the problem of using a public forum. More people than just the recipient read the posts. I apologize if this was offensive to you.

@very-rusty said
Yes, I believe we have settled most if not all our grievances with each other through P.M.. I to use to thumb down pretty much everything you would say, although you already know that. I appreciate the Kudo's, and your kind public words.

-VR

Best thread in a while, got all the makings of a classic.

@fmf said
Anonymous red thumbs are just inane meaningless social media fluff. They do not rank, in my mind, as grown-up "disagreement, dissent and criticism".

@divegeester said
So what the point of the thumbs then.

@moonbus said
What other site functions do you want removed because you think they are silly and don't use them? Hikaru Junction blog? RHP Social Media Feeds? Polls?

@suzianne said
Those of us who can't really afford the time all this self-doubt and anguish is causing them still need to stay vigilant against those who would silence our free speech.

The red thumb has to remain without exposure to protect those with opposing viewpoints from getting assailed by those who are so consumed with their own self-importance that they must attack those who dis ...[text shortened]... e who agree with those they don't like from getting attacked on the backside of their "divine wind".

@fmf said
Well, I, for one, will stop expressing disagreement with people if the anonymous red thumbs increase. They are unbearable.

I feel besieged by slogans of my own creation. Not knowing who is disagreeing is Ruthless Peer Group Pressure. Going After Everybody Is Impractical So I Am Thwarted. Anonymity Has Terrible Consequences. Don't Let The Door Hit Myself On The Way Out. Knowing ...[text shortened]... atever Their Reasons Are]?*

Any more slogans?

* This last one needs work; it's a bit too long.

@fmf said
Is the fact that you cannot give yourself a thumb up [or a thumb down for that matter] also an abrogation of your free speech?

@moonbus said
Nonsense.

@fmf said
The Hikaru Junction blog, RHP Social Media Feeds, and Polls aren't infantile. Removing them would not make the site better.

@fmf said
Personality disorder? Neurosis?

@fmf said
It's calculated nonsense; it draws attention to the nonsense of anonymous thumbs on a grown-ups' website.