Featured New BB Rating System .... Does it need attention?

You didn't have to explain why you gave me a dumb rating. Same as you don't have to explain why you put me on your ignore list and continued to read my posts and rate them negatively afterward. My opinion on certain things is different than your's and you don't like it.

I like this new rating system precisely for the same reason RD2 is questioning it .We get to see who is rating our posts and what ratings they are giving us. I can see where this system would be a concern for those who would rather remain anonymous when they give people negative ratings for petty reasons.

I'm guessing that if RD2 could rate all my posts "dumb" without me knowing it this system wouldn't be a concern of his at all.

 

I wonder what specific portion of Poncho's post RD "agrees" with...

*laugh*

 

Agree wholeheartedly.

Systems like this can distract people and it can become a matter of earning these rewards becomes more important than the discussions themselves. That was one of the good things about the old Board, if someone said something another liked, they had to comment on it to show that approval. It is all too easy to get a like for saying things you know others will like, and that can be disruptive to discussion.

I tried to get a few people to address the reason for the "dumbs" but only one person actually responded. One person actually stalked my posts and "dumbed" everything I did. And refused to say why (though I already knew why, lol).

The likes can be convenient, where we can like something and show the poster we like it without having to get involved in the conversation, but perhaps this might be a little bit like texting, where the interaction can be a little impersonal, and something is, I think, lost.

God bless.

 

Three guesses first two don't count . . .

 

*laugh*

 

I hit the 'agree' button because I agree with this post.

 

I hit the "informative" button because I found your post informative.

 

I really like all the icons, though I haven't figured out what they're all for...yet.

One of the things I disliked about the old format was that people would quote a 2,000 word post in full, only to add a thumbs up or a pike of bricks. Good night, did that ever add to the length of a thread.

This way, people can simply attach their two cents to a post, rather than drag out the thread by having the same post quoted a half dozen times.

I also like the minimal view of a quote, with the option to expand the quote to view it

 

Isn't that the truth? It burned me when someone would quote lengthly posts only to add nothing of consequence.

My posts are usually not very long --but along came some individual to say something completely irrelevant.

Yes indeed times two.

 

It is pretty obvious you used the "Dumb" button simply because of your dislike of another member...me.

There were several posts that had no justification for being called dumb, even if one has an attitude.

I would probably guess several of those posts were not even read, and the fact that you were stalking due to inability to actually discuss what was in view is what comes across.

This is an abuse of the system, and just as it was mentioned that the accused should be able to confront their accuser is removed when people abuse it.

Here was a dumbeb post:

You say in this post what you use the system for, but I have still received no explanation for the stalking, though...that is evident in itself.

So I would simply state that if one is going to dumb someone else's posts, at least have the gumption to explain why.

To do otherwise violates Christian as well as American principles.


God bless.

 

I would like to request a "Grow Up" button.

 

So who do you think needs to grow up, and why?


God bless.

 

Man, suck it up. It is what it is. If someone thinks what you wrote is dumb, that's their opinion. There really is no difference than someone telling you in writing before that a post was dumb, unneeded, redundant or just flat out stupid.

Me thinks that the veil of the illusion has been lifted from your eyes with that dumb emoticon because try as hard as you do to brown nose and be a part of the "in crowd", that dumb emoticon destroys your illusion.Roflmao

 

You get a gold star for this.


Again, some folks like to believe they are "in". The rating system destroys that illusion and shows exactly what the folks they thought they were in agreement with feels about them and their posts.Roflmao

I EXPECT a lot of dumbs or disagrees because that's the same sentiments folks expressed before this system. I think someone is just shocked that folks that he thought he was ( in the vernacular of the young folks) "down with", that he actually isn't. And everyone else gets to see this too.

 

RD2 rated a response of mine to one of his posts about Trump being on SNL as "Old".

I wonder if he meant "Grow Up" by giving me that rating?

Well, he does call people 'son' a lot. ☺

I can only assume he *likes* the new system.

 

The real problem with a forum such as this whether you've got a "Like or a Dislike" tab is that someone can post (ANYTHING) and here comes the critics.

"No, youse wrong cuz' it says right here..., followed with a verse." Or, "See, I don't believe that...." Often followed with some sort of attempt at belittling, "cuz' I be right and you be ignorant."

I really don't believe our Lord is restricted specifically to what anyone of us thinks and that He can in fact appear to someone differently than to another. For sure, His Word is a Living Word and as such, many scripture references can have many applications. Just because you don't see it doesn't mean it's wrong.