Do you like a poster but dislike their comments....vice versa?

It's usually I don't like the person, but like their posts. Then I have this internal struggle with myself...

'if I thumbs up their comments, would that mean that I actually like them?'

'If I do thumbs them up, that would mean that I'm supporting them.'

'But... but I don't like them, why am I supporting them?'

'Are they secretly the president?'

'OMG....'

'Why am I talking to myself?'

UGHHHH.

I thumb up people for their input, not their name.

Well, usually I like the person because I like their posts. Although I understand that not everyone is going to have an opinion that I agree with 100% of the time but I appreciate thoughtful, helpful and funny comments in general.

I don't give a shit who you are, if you say something I like or agree with... then that's that. Judge the post, not the poster. Really not a fan of this username-based culture. You just end up with cliques and bias towards or against certain people. Sometimes a person's comment will be disregarded just because that particular person said it, even if the post itself is actually quite insightful/amusing/whatever. Then you'll get groups of people just discussing each other which really should be done privately instead of clogging the main site.

It's the words that should be judged, not the person saying them.

If I generally don't like a person's comments, then I generally don't like that person either.

To me saying you like someone's posts but not the poster is like saying you like river water but not it's source.

One naturally flows from the other. If the source is poisoned then so are its channels.

It would be different if we were all in the same room while this stuff goes on eh?

Sometimes I take people's posts with a grain of salt, especially if it's somebody who's said some deeply problematic shit. I try not to let past posts dictate what I think of newer ones, but if I remember a post somebody made that makes a later post really hypocritical or something, I will side eye the ever living shit out of them.

I judge each commnt by itself and each person by thiere comments

I'm more interested in the comment than the poster, so I don't dislike anyone here.

Urgh, I deleted my comment because I thought it didn't make sense, then reread it in my mind and realised it did but it's already gone. I'm good at this, aren't I? :(

Yes, just about and in rare cases. If I disliked a comment so much I thumb-downeded it I probably wouldn't really like that poster, but sometimes I can keep liking a poster I disagree with. It's difficult though, because their posts are the only window we get into their lives, and if you think, "wow, what a terrible window" then... you won't open the... door...? (extended metaphor fail)

It's unfair to judge people on that one window, but it's the only window we get in most cases so we can only like or dislike each others personalities based on that.

EDIT: I couldn't find a poster likeable if I didn't like the persona of their comments. I could find a poster likeable if they posted comments I disagree with but did it in an intelligent or non-arrogant or tentative or informative way.

RE-EDIT: I like people for the quality of their personalities, not their opinions. I like comments for the quality of their commentary, not their author. This last bit was the important part.

If you don't post comments that I like, how would I see that other side of you?

dappled...or was it parrish... told me to go fuck my self and my boyfriend. all i did was say one of there comment made no sense.

heres what happened:

me: hay that comment is irrelevant to the post.

dapples or parrish:go fuck your self.

dappled or parrish again: cuz your boy friend wants you to fuck him as well.

me:no need to be so harsh

dapples or parrish:im going to track your cpu and kill you

(then i contact police and stuff about this threat since the same he sends me Email threats and phone threats hopefully it stops)

With me it's either 1. I like both the poster and their comments or 2. I dislike the poster and their comments.

If I don't like you I thumb down comment

I hate all of you.

I think there are people who don't do themselves justice with their posts or show the best of themselves, but that's just life.

As for the other way around (liking the posts but not the person), I can't think of any examples. If I like the posts, I like the person, because the posts are an extension of them.

Logicians might spot a disparity in the above two statements but, if you want to point it out, be aware that I've already noticed it and already have an answer for it. :P

Sometimes. I pretty much like everyone, but a few people have made at least one comment I didn't like.