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Re: New: Thumbs-down will cost points

Postby Gr8ful Dude on August 30th, 2010, 12:43 pm #1575017

Isn't it just a little codependent to blog for points???
Should this not be more about intellectual (well, usually) debate???

Assigning points seems to be somewhat restrictive to an exchange of ideas. After all, the smart kids in school may have won scholarships, but it was the class clowns and other outside-the-box types who got everyone talking. :wink:
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Re: New: Thumbs-down will cost points

Postby max-parrish on August 30th, 2010, 2:44 pm #1575264

denverlouie, you baffle me with those said edited beyond existence posts that you seem to be fond of.
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Re: New: Thumbs-down will cost points

Postby max-parrish on August 30th, 2010, 4:13 pm #1575375

Sure. It's far more complicated than I thought. I didn't think the moderators would arbitrarily yank a post on just a complaint without merit. I've fussed with people before but on another subject be an ardent supporter. Some, I will just never agree with as the are in such diametric opposition to my views. I figure the foe list was good for that, only if they're being rude. I'll at least read if presented well.

I have never paid much attention to the accumulation of points. Didn't know what it was until now. I look at up's and down's much for the example you made. Someone with more Up's is usually intelligent and articulate, even if I don't agree with them all the time. Someone who constantly gets and gives down thumbs is deliberately being cantankerous and obstructive. A troll, in other words. I have even had a round or two with your 'example' until I realized I was being either baited, or he really was just an idjet. I find it sort of funny to think of all the time and energy he put into clicking that mouse down the threads!! :lol: I also look at subject matter that a poster is vehement about. I have to admit I have my pet subjects, also.

I have also had only one negative (ugly) private message, one or two 'what ever's'. I would miss the posters who I enjoy PM'ing with, usually saying 'great post' or 'what's with him?' or even 'did I say something stubid?' and some I have a little personal chit-chat with. You could always not accept PM's from selected posters. Good old foe list again.

I find here is a microcosm of out there. Civilized and intelligent. Road ragers and grown-up children. Bullies and trolls. Some wonderful and beautiful people, too.

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Re: New: Thumbs-down will cost points

Postby max-parrish on August 30th, 2010, 5:51 pm #1575498

Egads...you've done it again! :shock:
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Re: New: Thumbs-down will cost points

Postby MyLobotomy on September 6th, 2010, 9:16 am #1585084

cool...i dont give thumbs down...but i like to receive.... :twisted:
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Re: New: Thumbs-down will cost points

Postby soqrbrad on September 8th, 2010, 8:47 am #1587629

So we've been on this system for a little over a week now. I'm curious to know how it has been working. Has it stopped the roving gangs of thumbs downers?
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Re: New: Thumbs-down will cost points

Postby prkr on September 10th, 2010, 3:22 pm #1591951

Uhg, why can't the thumbs down (and the points system) be left ALONE? And do people care that much about the points? From reading the posts, people don't care. Thus, will people really think harder before they thumbs down someone? I think not.
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Re: New: Thumbs-down will cost points

Postby throatwarbler on September 12th, 2010, 2:19 pm #1594408

prkr wrote:Uhg, why can't the thumbs down (and the points system) be left ALONE? And do people care that much about the points? From reading the posts, people don't care. Thus, will people really think harder before they thumbs down someone? I think not.

Yeah, that's what I glean from 4 pages of posts. People don't care. I am somewhat nonplused, however. My roving gang of thumbdowners has be decimated!
WHAT DIFFERENCE AT THIS POINT DOES IT MAKE!
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Thumbs-down will cost points

Postby vercingetorix on September 12th, 2010, 3:41 pm #1594544

[quote="joem"]Inspired by this idea here: viewtopic.php?p=1566988#p1566988 (thanks, Funny!), as of tomorrow (Friday) every thumbs-down will now cost as much as one and a half thumbs-ups. As in: You get 2 participation points for a thumbs-up, and are docked 3 participation points for a thumbs-down.

The goal of this is to encourage those who use the thumbs-down to think more before using it.

The way the participation points system is built, this change is retroactive.

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LOL! Good job, Joe! Maybe this will deter some of the reflex "thumbs down" action, such as when some asks a question and gets "THUMBS DOWN". For asking a question? Obviously, some people have that thumbs-down reflex honed.
I still don't give thumbs down. If I disagree with someone, I either blow it off, or tell them why I disagree in a post. "Thumbs up" on the other hand, makes sense. Rather than typing "me too" over and over, the thumbs up just does a neater job. Too often the thumbs down is just shorthand for "I don't like you". It's apparent that often the thumbs downers don't even read the post. They just see the name of someone they don't like and give it a thumbs down.
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Re: New: Thumbs-down will cost points

Postby WorldPeace on April 21st, 2011, 8:53 am #1919389

i guess my purpose has just become to cost people (usually those of the PC type) some of their precious points :)
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Re: New: Starting tomorrow, thumbs-down will cost points

Postby RocknRule on April 25th, 2011, 6:16 am #1923849

That's also going on the assumption that members care about participation points, where they rank compared with other members, and winning that hovercraft.

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Speaking of, specifically, RANKINGS, as opposed to participation point totals. why do they never seem to change anymore? My rank has remained exactly the same for about a year. How often are relative rankings calculated and updated, or what triggers a recalculation?

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Re: New: Starting tomorrow, thumbs-down will cost points

Postby CharlesDarwin on April 25th, 2011, 6:34 am #1923869

NativeD wrote:Because the trolls will still post their hateful crap about cops or illegal immigrants or whatever, and their cronies will still thumb them up.



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Re: New: Thumbs-down will cost points

Postby vercingetorix on April 25th, 2011, 7:11 am #1923925

throatwarbler wrote:My roving gang of thumbdowners has be decimated!

Sic semper thumbs-downers!
I gave you a thumbs-up in a mighty blow against trolls, simpletons, bigots, "h8ters" and the rest of the riff-raff who dare disagree. Can't we all just get along?
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Re: New: Thumbs-down will cost points

Postby Professor Silly on November 5th, 2011, 12:34 pm #2186259

How is it I'm only just now seeing all this?!?

Honestly, it won't change my behavior very much in regards to dishing out thumbs. On the other hand, instead of responding to multiple posts in single organized doses, it seems better to follow Boss's example and keep my posts short and on single points. After all, twelve short posts are worth much more than a single organized one.

Personally I love games of all sorts, and love learning rules for games. I, for one, am incredibly curious how this change might affect the various debates within this forum.
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Re: New: Thumbs-down will cost points

Postby godzillaSR on March 9th, 2012, 6:45 am #2381662

.....So the denver post is making a return to yester-year of blackmail, bullying to control freedom of opinion......thumbs down.....that was worth my 2 points
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Re: New: Thumbs-down will cost points

Postby Denver_Moderate on March 9th, 2012, 11:21 am #2382284

godzillaSR wrote:.....So the denver post is making a return to yester-year of blackmail, bullying to control freedom of opinion......thumbs down.....that was worth my 2 points

aHH...this topic is over a YEAR old.
Obviously it isn't a hindrance to free-speech.
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Re: New: Thumbs-down will cost points

Postby cpousnr on July 22nd, 2012, 4:25 pm #2579674

I like this!!! :wink:
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Re: New: Thumbs-down will cost points

Postby Ginger Snaps on July 22nd, 2012, 5:28 pm #2579726

Oh no! OMG! GOD HELP ME! Oh crap, the world is coming to an end! DP docks for thumbs down. OH NO! I might lose DP points! How will I ever recover?!?!?! :roll:
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Re: New: Thumbs-down will cost points

Postby just lurking on July 22nd, 2012, 6:42 pm #2579777

Ginger Snaps wrote:Oh no! OMG! GOD HELP ME! Oh crap, the world is coming to an end! DP docks for thumbs down. OH NO! I might lose DP points! How will I ever recover?!?!?! :roll:

Probably nothing to panic over. It was a new forum member simply expressing approval.
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Re: New: Thumbs-down will cost points

Postby ben80210 on July 23rd, 2012, 1:39 pm #2580893

The problem with that is, right-wingers vote "thumbs-down" to facts they don't like. Facts shouldn't be voted on. They are not subject to opinion.
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