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    Up/Down Voting - yes or no?

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    • Klaus
      Klaus last edited by

      Some people asked for something like it, so I thought I'd enable it just such that everyone can play with it.

      I have no particular opinion on the matter. Please tell me whether we should keep it or drop it.

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      • jon-nyc
        jon-nyc last edited by

        I don’t really care but downvoting seems weasely. If you disagree with a post, saw why.

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        • mark
          mark last edited by

          Safari onMac is not showing the radio buttons for the poll.

          I'm using the dark theme if that matters.

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          • mark
            mark last edited by

            got it t work.

            Switched Skin to Cosmo then back to darkly.

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            • 89th
              89th last edited by

              Does the up or down vote actually change anything (like the order of replies?)

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              • jon-nyc
                jon-nyc last edited by

                You can choose a view where it does but I can’t imagine anyone doing that.

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                • George K
                  George K @mark last edited by

                  @mark said in Up/Down Voting - yes or no?:

                  Safari onMac is not showing the radio buttons for the poll.

                  I'm using the dark theme if that matters.

                  Did for me....and I'm in Darkly skin (not theme).

                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                  I wish Sam Kinison was still alive so he could talk to some of your about your "hurt feelings."

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                  • Klaus
                    Klaus @jon-nyc last edited by

                    @jon-nyc
                    There is the option to disable down-voting, and there is the option to make all votes public, including down-votes.

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                    • Mik
                      Mik @jon-nyc last edited by

                      @jon-nyc said in Up/Down Voting - yes or no?:

                      I don’t really care but downvoting seems weasely. If you disagree with a post, saw why.

                      That's rather the whole point of the forum, isn't it?

                      "Summon scorn until it radiates from your person like a baleful beacon of contempt."

                      "I support anyone’s right to be who they want to be. My question is: to what extent do I have to participate in your self-image?" Dave Chappelle

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                      • Copper
                        Copper last edited by Copper

                        I like the idea of making all votes public

                        I assume we could still have secret ballots for Polls

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                        • Mik
                          Mik last edited by Mik

                          I'd just prefer that we not have them, but if we must they should be public. It's a statement. It's just another column on the thread list and more useless noise.

                          "Summon scorn until it radiates from your person like a baleful beacon of contempt."

                          "I support anyone’s right to be who they want to be. My question is: to what extent do I have to participate in your self-image?" Dave Chappelle

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                          • Jolly
                            Jolly last edited by

                            I vote no.

                            That awful power, the public opinion of a nation, is created in America by a horde of ignorant, self-complacent simpletons who failed at ditching and shoemaking and fetched up in journalism on their way to the poorhouse. - Samuel Clemons

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                            • Rich
                              Rich @Mik last edited by

                              I like the idea of upvoting—I think it can help clear a thread of numerous +1’s, or lol’s when the joke happened days earlier.

                              Downvoting seems lame.

                              Either way, make it public.

                              I tend to be someone that gets annoyed every time the forum changes, if only because I hate getting used to new ways of doing things.

                              Not so this time around—this ones a keeper.

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                              • Mik
                                Mik last edited by

                                I wonder how many longstanding forums have gone through the platform changes we have.

                                "Summon scorn until it radiates from your person like a baleful beacon of contempt."

                                "I support anyone’s right to be who they want to be. My question is: to what extent do I have to participate in your self-image?" Dave Chappelle

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                                • taiwan_girl
                                  taiwan_girl last edited by

                                  I voted no also. As someone said in another forum post, the voting column is distracting (at least to me). I would be happy to get rid of it.

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                                  • Copper
                                    Copper last edited by

                                    Brevity is important here

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                                    • brenda
                                      brenda last edited by

                                      I was willing to try it, but now I'm not impressed with what it offers. The negative votes add nothing to the discussion. The positives can be handled other ways, too. Doesn't seem to fit in with the use of this forum.

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                                      • 89th
                                        89th last edited by

                                        As a “yes” voter, I concede it’s kinda nice to be able to +1 (like button) something but may not have much juice to the squeeze and it begins to clutter up an otherwise very clean interface. Unless the sentiment changes, might as well disable it!

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                                        • Klaus
                                          Klaus last edited by

                                          OK, the general sentiment seems to be to disable it. It's gone.

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                                          • L
                                            Loki @Klaus last edited by

                                            I still see the votes column

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