SkepticOverlord already said no to this in another thread.
I too would like to see ratty/disruptive posters get the recognition they deserve.... a big fat negative balance next to their posts.
But typically, if someone is being a blowhard or is taking a thread nowhere, their posts remain un-starred while everyone around them racks up
multiple stars for ripping them apart. So in a way, bad posters DO get their come-up-ins around here, pretty often too.
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Topic started on 11-3-2008 @ 06:17 PM by Teratoma
The more I think about it, the more I like it. I'm sure I'm not the first one to suggest this but seeing as how a post can get starred, why
can't we get some kind of thumbs up/down system? Then on your side-mini-profile it could display how many of each you collected, so people
would think twice about acting like an ASSHAT (sorry, my word of the
day).
Anyway, great site and all that. Thanks for having me!
Anyway, great site and all that. Thanks for having me!
reply posted on 11-3-2008 @ 07:51 PM by Beachcoma
Originally posted by whatukno
I think the best way to show your disapproval of a bad thread or idea is to not reply to it. If enough people just keep their fingers off the keyboard and not reply to bad threads the threads go away.
Exactly. Don't feed it. Simple as that.
I've already made my thoughts about not supporting a "negative star" or "thumbs down" feature known a couple of times. However I would support an improvement of the current star system.
Idea is simple -- stars cost points to place (not much, maybe a token 10-20 points). The points can simply disappear or you can transfer it to the recipient -- doesn't matter. The idea is so that the stars will be worth more to the person giving them so that it's not simply placed there for the purpose of tacitly saying "I agree".
Of course if the points can be transferred to the recipient, it may encourage people to post better quality material. After all, isn't that the whole purpose of the system, as outlined in this thread?
reply posted on 11-3-2008 @ 07:58 PM by Teratoma
reply to post by Beachcoma
That's a great idea; I like the thought of being able to transfer points to someone.
That's a great idea; I like the thought of being able to transfer points to someone.
reply posted on 11-3-2008 @ 09:51 PM by Teratoma
reply to post by Badge01
I'd say that those are the guidelines I try to follow to a T. I think I was more or less just blowing off steam from another thread I participated in today. I hope you realize the tongue-in-cheek nature of a statement like "reach through the innernets and slap the asshat".
One of the things I like most about this site is the way it's moderated, and that BS... Just doesn't fly here, amongst the community.
There's some threads here - some really long ones that I'd really like to participate in but I won't... Not until I've been able to read them all. I consider it disrespectful to the ones who started and the thread, and who have taken the time to do so before joining. I saw the most blatant disregard for that that I've ever noticed today, and all I could think of was how frustrating it must have been for the OP of that thread.
I do think, that even though you all convinced me that it's not a good idea, that this thread and every post I or anyone else made on it is part of helping ATS be an even better place.
[Edit - The dreaded, evil (and reptilian) grocer's apostrophe]
[edit on 3/11/2008 by Teratoma]
I'd say that those are the guidelines I try to follow to a T. I think I was more or less just blowing off steam from another thread I participated in today. I hope you realize the tongue-in-cheek nature of a statement like "reach through the innernets and slap the asshat".
One of the things I like most about this site is the way it's moderated, and that BS... Just doesn't fly here, amongst the community.
There's some threads here - some really long ones that I'd really like to participate in but I won't... Not until I've been able to read them all. I consider it disrespectful to the ones who started and the thread, and who have taken the time to do so before joining. I saw the most blatant disregard for that that I've ever noticed today, and all I could think of was how frustrating it must have been for the OP of that thread.
I do think, that even though you all convinced me that it's not a good idea, that this thread and every post I or anyone else made on it is part of helping ATS be an even better place.
[Edit - The dreaded, evil (and reptilian) grocer's apostrophe]
[edit on 3/11/2008 by Teratoma]
reply posted on 11-3-2008 @ 10:55 PM by Teratoma
reply to post by FredT
Well put. If only more people realized that. I try to be positive and constructive in everything I do and believe it or not, I was given applause by a staff member for the way I responded to something I probably should've ignored like you said. So I hope I'm not coming across as some kind of curmudgeon with a bludgeon. I'm Just an old fart with an opinion.
Well put. If only more people realized that. I try to be positive and constructive in everything I do and believe it or not, I was given applause by a staff member for the way I responded to something I probably should've ignored like you said. So I hope I'm not coming across as some kind of curmudgeon with a bludgeon. I'm Just an old fart with an opinion.
reply posted on 12-3-2008 @ 10:22 AM by jsobecky
reply to post by AshleyD
By the same token, the process of awarding stars can and is abused quite often, imo. I've seen glib OP threads which are starred with dozens of stars for no obvious reason. Stars are much too cheap the way they are currently awarded.
By the same token, the process of awarding stars can and is abused quite often, imo. I've seen glib OP threads which are starred with dozens of stars for no obvious reason. Stars are much too cheap the way they are currently awarded.
reply posted on 12-3-2008 @ 10:31 AM by AshleyD
reply to post by jsobecky
I agree somewhat but the thread wasn't about positive stars so I left it alone.
I agree somewhat but the thread wasn't about positive stars so I left it alone.
reply posted on 12-3-2008 @ 06:22 PM by seagull
reply to post by jsobecky
oooh, a star for you, sir...lol. ***STAR***
It does lend itself to abuse, I've badly missed our WATS. Oh, well...
But the stars are much less abusive than any sort of thumbs up or thumbs down would be. The mind boggles at the abuse that sort of system would attract. Brr...
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oooh, a star for you, sir...lol. ***STAR***
It does lend itself to abuse, I've badly missed our WATS. Oh, well...
But the stars are much less abusive than any sort of thumbs up or thumbs down would be. The mind boggles at the abuse that sort of system would attract. Brr...
[edit on 12-3-2008 by seagull]
