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Thuumbs down button

padma · 2010-08-26 08:32:20

Maybe this has been asked before, not so sure where I could ask or make this request. So to gauge all the fellow boardsies. What do ye think of having a thumbs down option for some of the posts made on this site? Cos I dont know about ye but I read a lot of whacky racist, cruel stuff on this site and it would be nice to…

26-08-2010 9:32am

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padma

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Maybe this has been asked before, not so sure where I could ask or make this request. So to gauge all the fellow boardsies.

What do ye think of having a thumbs down option for some of the posts made on this site?

Cos I dont know about ye but I read a lot of whacky racist, cruel stuff on this site and it would be nice to give them my opinion without dealing with a crazy person

At the same time the thumbs up button is quite cool when you read posts like Ottostreets the other day.

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#2 26-08-2010 9:33am

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http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055963777&highlight=thumbs

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055691787&highlight=thumbs

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#3 26-08-2010 9:33am

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If there was one, I'd give this thread a blah blah blah, etc.

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#4 26-08-2010 9:34am

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If there was a thumbs down button, I would use it now.

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#5 26-08-2010 9:35am

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I'd say it would get the same reaction as me asking if posters would like their sex to be known by either a blue (male) or pink (female) button under their username.

Prepare to be destroyed OP.

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#6 26-08-2010 9:38am

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We should have "Ultimate Boards.ie"

If you get a thumps down....you die

If you get a thumps up.....you un-die

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#7 26-08-2010 9:44am

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Brendog wrote: »

We should have "Ultimate Boards.ie"

If you get a thumps down....you die

If you get a thumps up.....you un-die

Or a tamer version called "Danger Post"

If you post and it gets a certain % of thumbs down of the total amount of views it got then you get a 3 day ban. This ban increases with each one you get and you can reset it by making a post that gets a load of thanks

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#8 26-08-2010 9:45am

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Na, a "that's what she said" button is the way to go.

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#9 26-08-2010 9:46am

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you wouldnt hear any funny replies any more if there was a thumbs down. it'd be thumbs up thumbs down and no chat

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#10 26-08-2010 9:46am

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I wish i had more hands, to give this idea 4 thumbs down!

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#11 26-08-2010 9:48am

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padma wrote: »

and it would be nice to give them my opinion without dealing with a crazy person

As in put down their post without even bothering to formulate an intelligent - or even funny - response?

To be honest, I'd rather a site stuffed with people I hated/disagreed with that expressed themselves instead of some cowardly click-game to see who could rack up the most no-thanks against people they didn't like.

If you search for this topic in feedback, you'll see lots of arguments for and against, btw.

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#12 26-08-2010 9:48am

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It would probably scare away a lot of the AH regulars

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#13 26-08-2010 9:49am

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Gummy Panda wrote: »

I wish i had more hands, to give this idea 4 thumbs down!

Why not just give it four paws down... you have four of them!!

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#14 26-08-2010 9:49am

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ShadowGal wrote: »

you wouldnt hear any funny replies any more if there was a thumbs down. it'd be thumbs up thumbs down and no chat

In a way, very true. From a different angle, knwing the amount of thumbs up and thumbs down a certain controversial post gets would give everyone an idea of the percentage of people who agree or dont agree with certain posts, thus giving people a fair view of the mentality of Boards members in general.

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#15 26-08-2010 9:50am

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Hasmunch wrote: »

Why not just give it four paws down... you have four of them!!

They'll get chopped off for use in black-market aphrodisiacs.

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#16 26-08-2010 9:51am

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No thumbs down please, my posts would be destroyed with it!!!

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#17 26-08-2010 9:51am

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Adamcp898 wrote: »

Or a tamer version called "Danger Post"

If you post and it gets a certain % of thumbs down of the total amount of views it got then you get a 3 day ban. This ban increases with each one you get and you can reset it by making a post that gets a load of thanks

Hope your listening Admins....

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#18 26-08-2010 10:00am

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Na, a "that's what she said" button is the way to go.

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#19 26-08-2010 10:02am

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padma wrote: »

Maybe this has been asked before, not so sure where I could ask or make this request.

Feedback section

Although you'll probably get bigger reasons for not going to happen...

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#20 26-08-2010 10:07am

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Failed Karma system was Failed.

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#21 26-08-2010 10:13am

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kfallon wrote: »

No thumbs down please, my posts would be destroyed with it!!!

THE GAME
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YOU LOST IT

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#22 26-08-2010 10:16am

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As others have said Feedback would be the correct place for this discussion.

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