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Is it normal I wonder if sometimes I get thumbed up/down because of the advice I gave or because a user likes/dislikes me?
yes i agree. i even got numerous thumbs down just because i said "not normal". that was literally the comment and that still offended the OP and other people. i forget what the story was, i think it was someone who had sex with their pet. so because people dont want to hear a different opinion to their own, i dont make much of an effort to give advice or comment on those stories anymore. i guess the truth hurts.
I'm thinking of experimenting with getting rid of the thumbs down altogether. So, you can either thumbs up stuff you like or nothing. If a comment is really innapropriate, you can report it.
Is there a way to make it so the thumbs up/down would show who voted and how? I like the option..it'd just be nice to hold people accountable. If they're not willing to show who they are, they could just leave it be.
In all honesty...you already have the drama from comments. I seriously do think more people would think twice, and give serious consideration to their vote, if there was a possibility that they'd have to offer reasoning. It would become obvious who was doing it for spite and those members could be held accountable...or ignored at the very least.
I don't think the length of time members have been here really affects the childish Middle-School mentality.
Please don't eliminate the feature though...I do think that most of us like it.
I'd like that. Especially if you had to be a regular poster before you thumbed, so people couldn't just set up fake accounts and do it.
Yeah, I think that is a good idea. People do take the thumbs down too seriously at times and use it the wrong way.
Hm, that would certainly be interesting. There are good and bad aspects to this that should be considered.
Good:
-It would eliminate much of the negativity(haha, literal pun) and complaints associated with getting thumbed down I think.
-The good comments would still get all the (rightfully deserved) attention, because they would still be at the top.
-The true amount of thumbs ups a comment gets would remain unchanged.
-If a comment was especially heinous, it could just be reported, or the O.P. could always hide it.
Bad:
-A really bad comment, if not hidden or reported, would probably get some pretty severe backlash in the form of negative comments; especially if there was not a "downthumb" option as an outlet for peoples' disagreement/outrage. They probably deserve it, but this is also probably not something that needs to be encouraged either.
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I just thought of another idea. What if the thumbs counter on comments had a number beside each thumb instead of just one number. It would show you how many thumbs ups your comment got, and at the same time how many thumbs downs your comment got.
I once made a joke that got thumbed down to -4 and someone replied and said "I agree" and got thumbed up to +6. I think someone was just trying to tell me I'm disliked or to make me feel uncomfortable on this site. I feel a bit sorry for them.
I don't use the thumbs system correctly myself, though. I just thumb up things that make me laugh.
It's possible, but it also depends. Some people don't agree on certain things. For instance, politics. You could state a good point, but someone might not agree with you and thumbs you down. I'm sure some users thumbs down any comments they see from someone they dislike and vice-versa. I try to be as unbiased as possible. I only thumbs up comments I agree with.
Yes, it is. It happens a lot. If I make a comment they can't prove is wrong, etc, they resort to a thumsb down, even when there is no logical reason to do other than they can't make a point to say I'm wrong, but they still think I'm wrong...
I haven't noticed.
I'm basically an Anon, if someone dislikes me then they have either mistaken me for someone else or they try too hard.
Although I have been thumbsed down for disagreeing with the OP.
Yeah I notice all the time. But I think whatever, don't care too much. People can just be rather ridiculous.
I think the management is planning on getting rid of the thumbs down sometime soon, or they were just think about it anyways.
I would only ever 'thumbs down' a comment I really objected to.
I'm not good with names so rarely notice if a person's posts are always nice or nasty.
I wouldn't get paranoid about it though!
If you're a very opinionated person, it's pretty much guaranteed that you'll be thumbed down by people who either can't take the truth or people who think that any opinion other than theirs is wrong.
I agree. It seems dumb to post on IIN if they're just gonna get mad at the people who disagree with them. It's one thing to get mad at someone insulting or being extremely rude, but just because they dont agree, doesnt mean they should be mad and thumb them down.
The thumbs have seem to have been abused as of late. They used to have hardly been used.
Hah, I got thumbed down in a post for (if I remember correctly) essentially saying that handicapped people should have equal rights under the law. XD
The thumb gods of isitnormal are cruel, arbitrary masters.
I rarely thumb down unless someone really needs to take a 5 minutes time out and calm their shit.
I am glad more attention is being drawn to this. I posted a similar story a few weeks ago. It's a problem. This site seems to have enough Jr. High kids to turn the thumbs up/down option into a popularity contest.
I rarely thumbs down. I only do so if the comment is insanely stupid and/or insulting. I often will thumbs up comments that I disagree with if they were well thought out and presented an opinion that made me think.