My apologies

Much better for this forum...and for common sense...if they were to eliminate the thumbing function entirely.

I don't get it - I can click those thumbs numerous times and clock goes up.
What is the point in this feature?

Forgive me Eli but what clock where, how

If you mean the number that indicates the number of thumbs given, yes, it goes up sometimes. Look at it again after a moment or two, it goes right back to one per username.

I read, and have read, the titles of most threads over twelve years now. I, and many others, though not all, do this by reading New Posts. I miss some, those caught by mods early as spam. Thank goodness/mods.

If I am not interested in some word threads, I'll down them. If I am not interested in spam threads, I'll report. If I am not clear on those, I'll down them, sometimes report.

Since I use a2k by reading just about everything at a glance, I see four or five pages of threads run by my eyes per day. I get rid of topics of no interest, no insult meant, so that if I want to review, I don't have to see ........... again.

This is usual for some of us.

Meantime, re posts, which, dalehileman, are not the same as threads, I'm more particular.
I don't like myself or anyone else down thumbing re disagreement, please argue instead. I try not to do that unless

the poster is a repetitive troll, arguably hard to define, but I'll take my own view.

Alternately, I thumb up for well worked out arguments, even if I disagree, at least some of the time,

The alternative to this kind of moderation is to hire, for serious pay, moderators to be watchers, a process many boards tried early on.
You like this free and free speaking site?
Stop whining.

Yes thanks Oss, but I do understand the diff. I'm wondering where I might have given the wrong impression

Yes Oss I've been there, experienced that--many times, oft, repeatedly. They'er largely prudes and fussbudgets; for who else would volunteer for such a post

At a2k however we're allowed to say almost anything, one reason I've remained

Stop pontificating

Sorry Oss, couldn't resist

heh.

Could you imagine if one person could give a thumbs up or down multiple times on a post?
Some troll would have someone with 100 thumbs down. Apparantly eliusa has already tried that. I'm not surprised.

I accidently hit up or down more than once on a post, then when I refreshed, it went back to the appropriate number.

Dale, I have a question, do you mean on the page that lists all the threads going on? Or an individual post?

I'll admit, when I realize there's some thread that's getting heavy posting, but it's on a subject I have absolutley no interest in, I'll thumb it down on that page, just so I don't have to see it any more.

Am I not supposed to do that?

Don't ******* call me oss. I have told you that more than once.

My version of Owen Wister
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Wister

Large threads with multiple thumbs, I thumb down to get rid of them. Those with no action, like the water softener questions and some others will get the user ignored. I don't want them on my screen and I don't want a new member to check back and see a big, fat zero. They never know they're being ignored.

Sorry Chai but in what regard or with reference specifically to which posting

My q exactly, Chai. Seems like we ought to be able to delete a listing without insulting its author, doesn't it

Oops Oss, forgive my 84-year-old mem

Oops again

Will tryta member, O., but no guarantee