Oh Boy! Popularity contests, already.

There's a benefit to voting down; the topic or post disappears from your view.

Haven't seen much benefit to voting up, though.

So, screw you guys, I'm voting you down.

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@CalamityJane,

Taking me some time too...it's better now Jane...I still find myself wondering where everyone went...

and what you said is true...Maybe I should just click my own thumbs down until it just doesn't matter anymore Wink

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@mismi,

Don't bother Missy, unless Craven decides to allow negative numbers, I wll level off at zero.

Popularity is for the shallow.

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@mismi,

Don't bother Missy, unless Craven decides to allow negative numbers, I wll level off at zero.

Popularity is for the shallow.

(damn I hate no delete, it may cost me a keyboard soon)

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@mismi,

Yes, mismi - besides, the bad girls aren't disliked at all Wink

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@Rockhead,

I just gave you a thumbs up for the shallowness comment and a thumbs down for the double post. The second post disappeared from view and the scoring is a wash. That's about the only reason I can foresee using the thumbs down on a post -- to hide a duplicate from view.

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@mismi,

Rog, I don't care for the rating system either. I recall when I became a member of the Realm, I told Craven that I was happy that there were no "valuables" or "not valuables".

As Friar Laurence observed in Romeo and Juliet:

There is no herb however bad that doesn't contain some good, and vice versa.

That's a paraphrase, incidentally

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@JPB,

Nah...I am just willy nilly clicking thumbs up..it's definitely not a popularity contest for me...I am just spreading the love. But I do expect you to click the thumbs up on mine...just so you know.

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@mismi,

your wish is my command

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@JPB,

Thank you JPB - I am very shallow.. That relieves me of the effort of having to think too deeply Wink

We all have our comfort zones Razz

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@mismi,

dammit...the delete button is a problem...I have to think more before posting willy nilly now. Clicking thumbs up willy nilly is one thing...posting idiotic things is another. oh hell.

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@blueveinedthrobber,

Hey. How come you are blueveined throbber again?

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@JPB,

I have been being having a good time with all of this...I see where it can be a problem though...it could be a problem...like I said, I am just going to hope for the best.

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@DrewDad,

Most of the benefits will only come with scale. For example, if you are just changing a number on the screen it's pretty pointless. However with enough data better things can happen. For example it can be part of a weighed algorithm against sock puppetry.

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@Craven de Kere,

I get that there will be benefits. Interesting and/or informative threads will bob to the top.

I was posting in opposition to those "I'll never be negative" folks.

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@DrewDad,

I just gave you a thumbs down. Wink

So much for never being negative

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@Craven de Kere,

Quote:

sock puppetry

? Sounds like something I should be against.

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@roger,

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This link works now (Craven on voting) -

http://able2know.org/topic/120756-1

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@DrewDad,

I know, and I think you pointed out the big difference between this rating system and the others they have experience with: this one does more than just change a number and will serve a greater purpose.

You pointed out a good one in the form of the negative vote, that the topic or post is actually then removed for you. And I was just saying that the positive vote is one whose benefit will become more apparent with scale.

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Oh Boy! Popularity contests, already.

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