Foxx Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 Ohhhhhh nooooooooo..... Yeah, I had to open up and go run my big mouth, and now the pins have snapped out of the grenades. Expressing unpopular opinions, or supporting bids that would get a score of 0 in bidding polls has suddenly become dangerous. I'm in trouble...... 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vampyr Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 On another forum (I'm not bothering to name it because I would bet money that no one who's posted in this thread is a regular member) they have a whole array of voting choices on the bottom of posts. The choices include "agree" and "disagree". It works really well in the part of the forum that is related to technique, although there is some wanking about "phantom disagreers", but not as much as could be expected. Basically, the agree and disagree aren't up and down votes, so they remain displayed, and you can see if a post is controversial, widely agreed with, widely disagreed with, or a non-boat-rocker. ravelry forums? I'm intrigued by this -- I crochet, and have sometimes looked on forums for ideas and tips; but I find it hard to imagine a post on such a subject igniting much controversy! Will definitely investigate! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vampyr Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 Crap. Now that there are consequences I am going to have to alter my posting habits. AAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! If it really is possible now to downvote I think I will save mine for posters who force readers to scroll past a lot of white space. I find this truly obnoxious. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackshoe Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 I think it was Rain who posted in another forum here that both upvotes and downvotes are now available. I think a limit of 20 was mentioned. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matmat Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 If it really is possible now to downvote I think I will save mine for posters who force readers to scroll past a lot of white space. I find this truly obnoxious. I'll just save mine for those who force people to scroll past a lot of drivel. 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberlour10 Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 I load all my 20 in a virtual Kalashinkov and run amok through the threads heh 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matmat Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 I load all my 20 in a virtual Kalashinkov and run amok through the threads heh yes, but did you have to start with BOTH chudecek threads? 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdano Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 Can we downvote the "Interests" sidebar, please? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matmat Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 Can we downvote the "Interests" sidebar, please? you're just jealous :D 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babalu1997 Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 you're just jealous :D i once knew a man with a business card who had many ca[pital letters follwing his name, something like joe schmuck, ESQ, RN, BSC , MSC, MBA, RTIII, BFD, .... the footer of the business card stated: "A man of 1001 occupations" it was bold, it was italic. Matmat is his first cousin. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLOGIC Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 Anonymous downvotes is obviously a bad system: 1) Make rep transparent2) Allow users to see which of their posts are being repped (if the point is positive/negative reinforcement but they never have any idea which of their posts are being repped...)3) Make it a rule that retaliatory downvoting is not allowed. These are all pretty standard on most forums that have rep. It is easy to see how on a forum where you can have multiple accounts, and all accounts get equal votes, and you can anonymously downvote, how one person who doesn't like someone can ruin their rep forever, with no consequences. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bbradley62 Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 (edited) Allow users to see which of their posts are being repped (if the point is positive/negative reinforcement but they never have any idea which of their posts are being repped...)This is already part of the system; I can see that my post announcing that downvoting is now allowed is -5, whereas my subsequent post about when I think downvotes are appropriate is +2. Edit: It would be nice if it were easier to filter, or if up/down votes showed when I "view my content". Edited June 8, 2011 by Bbradley62 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLOGIC Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 This is already part of the system; I can see that my post announcing that downvoting is now allowed is -5, whereas my subsequent post about when I think downvotes are appropriate is +2. Edit: It would be nice if it were easier to filter, or if up/down votes showed when I "view my content". Do you have to look at your individual post or does it say it somewhere? If you are a post-tard like me and make 40 a day sometimes then go away for a while, you have no idea which got + or - voted unless you go back and look through all 40 which youre not gonna want to do. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bbradley62 Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 Unfortunately, it appears that you cannot search for your non-zero-rated posts. But, recent posts that are garnering votes are also likely to be garnering responses, so if you View New Content, you're likely to see most of the votes on your recent posts. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLOGIC Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 Yes, I know that. What I'm saying is that that is very time inefficient for someone who posts a lot. It seems like it'd be pretty easy for the admins to solve it with the message board settings, but I don't really care that much. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 3) Make it a rule that retaliatory downvoting is not allowed. then I can downvote you safely as you are not allowed to get back on me .... HEHEHEHEHE! 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vampyr Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 What's going on? Is everyone practicing their downvoting technique? 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WellSpyder Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 What's going on? Is everyone practicing their downvoting technique?Perhaps someone is taking seriously the idea of retaliatory downvoting being disallowed. So they are downvoting all regular posters to make sure no-one is allowed to downvote them.... 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanoi5 Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 I got downvoted for saying 1NT was a better opening bid that 1♦ in certain topic in the non-natural systems board. It suits me for nosing in topics I don't know much about. It would be nice to know how to show clubs after opening 1♦ on a 3=3=2=5 or any (332)5, though. Anyway and to stay in-topic, can the same person who opened downvoting take away the anonimity of it? 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 Observing the ratings of the last few posts here, I got an idea: Maybe it is a winning strategy to argue in favour of upvoting while keeping one's mouth shut about downvoting. After all, you want to draw the attention of those who are keen on upvoting (so that they can upvote you), while avoiding the attention of those who are keen on downvoting. By the way, now that we have a thread about the Nash Equilibrium of Bridge, maybe it is time to get a thread about the Nash Equilibrium of the Reputation Game? According to Dawkins, the best strategy that has been devised so far is the tit-for-tat strategy. However, that requires that you can see who up-and-downvoted you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted June 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 Seriously guys? Read the topic title. :( I didn't want to post because I wanted to make sure that all posts in the thread had a + reputation, but now I can't do it anymore :( 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjbrr Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 for the record, kittens were effective at deterring posters from starting bad threads and changing the OP to argue with experts. if people are going to troll with downvotes, i suggest we adopt the cute, cuddly method rather than this internet tough-guy anonymous method. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLOGIC Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 Rain considering changing the format here: http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/topic/43933-one-last-plea-for-allowing-downvoting/page__pid__552403__st__40#entry552403 Main 2 items that need to be changed: -No anonymous downvoting-Need 100 posts before you get to rep people (to stop smurf accounts). If you agree with me post there. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotShot Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 Seriously guys? Read the topic title. :( I didn't want to post because I wanted to make sure that all posts in the thread had a + reputation, but now I can't do it anymore :( Need a little help from your friends? 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bbradley62 Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 I got downvoted for saying 1NT was a better opening bid that 1♦ in certain topic in the non-natural systems board. It suits me for nosing in topics I don't know much about.It appears to me that you got downvoted for saying 1♦ sucks I think.after the OP had already specifiedPlaying precision... 1♦ is the systemic bid. It shows maximum 11-15HCP with 2+♦ (11-13 balanced included).As Hog said later in the thread: "If you don't like the system bid, play another system." 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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