Thumbs down feature?
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sussex_guy2k2
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- Jun 6, 2014
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Everyone doesn't win at sports day.
Paul Reids Sock
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StonehamPark
#Brighton-Nil
People's feelings get hurted.
Billy the Fish
Technocrat
Think there were a few reasons, but I seem to remember at the time Bozza saying it discouraged people from replying to posts they didn't like, they just got lazy and clicked the thumbs down.
IMHO NSC is better without it.
IMHO NSC is better without it.
Shall we bring it back to liven up the Summer for a bit?
hart's shirt
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Thumbs down would be given based on a differing viewpoint rather than the argument itself. It would be little more than a popularity poll.
It's a lazy way of disagreeing with a point of view rather than having the resolve and taking the time to reply in a considered, measured way.
The threat of receiving thumbs down votes might dissuade some from expressing alternative counter cultural viewpoints, however valid.
It would also be a way of emphasizing differences between us and things we disagree on rather than those which we share.
In short, I think it did make NSC a more negative place when it was there.
Thumbs down to thumbs down.
It's a lazy way of disagreeing with a point of view rather than having the resolve and taking the time to reply in a considered, measured way.
The threat of receiving thumbs down votes might dissuade some from expressing alternative counter cultural viewpoints, however valid.
It would also be a way of emphasizing differences between us and things we disagree on rather than those which we share.
In short, I think it did make NSC a more negative place when it was there.
Thumbs down to thumbs down.
AmexRuislip
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Mr Bridger
Sound of the suburbs
The professional easy offended will be delighted with this feature reinstated. It's pathetic.
hart's shirt
Well-known member
That's a fair point. Happy to concede that. I should have used 'could' instead of 'would'.
(Comment given as well as thumbs up.)
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
Not for me Clive, gets too personal and more sensitive folks might get offended. I know I would.
Just copy and paste this if you deem it appropriate. Otherwise it's too easy to just hit a button.
No thanks. Was quite annoyed when it was first removed, but now I've got used to it not being there, IMHO NSC is better without it.
Knocky's Nose
Mon nez est retiré.
When mine were at junior school it was 'first winner', 'second winner', 'third winner' and so on. I soon explained to my kids that when they apply for a job when they grow up, only one person gets it - and he/she is the only 'winner'
On topic, not keen on a thumbs down. It'd create a negative atmosphere and make people less likely to speak their mind.
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Billy the Fish
Technocrat
Also weren't there incidents of cyber bullying where certain cliques were following posters they didn't like around the board?
StonehamPark
#Brighton-Nil
That's just NSC, with or without the thumbs feature.