-Removed-IN your own words to Venda.
@venda said
I'm with you on this,or at least,as I have suggested introduce an option to turn them off in one's profile.Not that I ever look at them anyway
You said:
I would also get rid of them altogether but I don’t think that’s going to happen as too many subscribers like using them. But seeing as how alerts are for subscribers only, a change which worked really well, then perhaps thumbs should be also.
( You received 7 thumbs down for your efforts)
-VR
Russ, you may have noticed that there has been some debate about this feature and I would like to make a serious suggestion.
The what:
- make the thumbing of forum posts only available to subscribers
The why:
- clearly it is a feature which many members see value in and that value can be commercialised
- the feature is currently rendered largely useless and frequently used as an infantile lever to overheat disagreements in the various forums
- the original intent of the feature is being made obsolete
Gooster another 12 thumbs down for this contribution! Really, you should know when to quit. 🙂
-VR
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@very-rusty saidYou should probably use the quote feature to quote, instead of putting it in your reply, because 19 pages in, it looks like you agree with @divegeester word-for-word.
Russ, you may have noticed that there has been some debate about this feature and I would like to make a serious suggestion.
The what:
- make the thumbing of forum posts only available to subscribers
The why:
- clearly it is a feature which many members see value in and that value can be commercialised
- the feature is currently rendered largely useless and freque ...[text shortened]... ooster another 12 thumbs down for this contribution! Really, you should know when to quit. 🙂
-VR
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-Removed-Here is Russ' post:
I do not want to take this thread OT, so please don't reply to this, but a quick note to say in an effort to stop trolling of the "thumbs" system, any removed / banned player will have their votes deleted going forward.
"any removed / banned player will have their votes deleted going forward."
Any removed or banned player. Their thumb votes will be removed upon their removal. This does not address YOUR problem, which is your disagreeable posts being thumbed down by multiple normal users. There is no "abuse" of the thumb system, only normal users disagreeing with your misanthropic posts. The actual problem is your posting style, which is to put down all disagreement. You are not the dictator of the site, and even Russ, the owner of the site, did not support your ridiculous contention with his post, as you claim he did. I'm in agreement with him that banned or removed players thumb votes be removed because this is one way the thumbs system could be trolled.
However, this says nothing about your problem, which is your attempt to shut down the voices of normal users who disagree with you.