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Any chance of a "No thanks" option on boards

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  • 18-02-2013 11:12am
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    MrCreosote
    Registered Users Posts: 2,320 ✭✭✭


    I think the time has come for this. Sort of like an "dislike" option on facebook.

    Too often you get some rubbish being spouted, a few of the usual suspects will thank it. There's no option for the silent majority to make their displeasure known.

    Dislike and disgust are normal emotions! We deserve the right to express them!

    And it would give trolls an aim to try to collect the most thumbs down.
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    #2
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,360 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    No Thanks.


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    #3
    Zombienosh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,911 ✭✭✭Zombienosh


    MrCreosote wrote: »
    Too often you get some rubbish being spouted, a few of the usual suspects will thank it.

    :pac:


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    FearDark
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,425 ✭✭✭FearDark


    FearDark likes this.


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    #5
    Gummy Panda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,919 ✭✭✭✭Gummy Panda


    MrCreosote wrote: »
    I think the time has come for this. Sort of like an "dislike" option on facebook.

    Too often you get some rubbish being spouted, a few of the usual suspects will thank it. There's no option for the silent majority to make their displeasure known.

    There is, its called "closed account"


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    Banjo String
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,380 ✭✭✭✭Banjo String


    MrCreosote wrote: »
    And it would give trolls an aim to try to collect the most thumbs down.

    Flaws in your suggestion begin and end in that particular line.

    Not feeding the trolls works better.


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    krudler
    Registered Users Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    MrCreosote wrote: »
    I think the time has come for this. Sort of like an "dislike" option on facebook.

    Too often you get some rubbish being spouted, a few of the usual suspects will thank it. There's no option for the silent majority to make their displeasure known.

    Dislike and disgust are normal emotions! We deserve the right to express them!

    And it would give trolls an aim to try to collect the most thumbs down.

    If only there was some way to post a counter point in every thread on the forum..


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    #8
    El Guapo!
    Registered Users Posts: 12,437 ✭✭✭✭El Guapo!


    1 like = 1 prayer


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    #9
    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    A rating would make more sense.

    Red or Green arrow

    Click to rate + or - one cancels out the other.

    DM uses it on their readers comments.


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    #10
    Seachmall
    Registered Users Posts: 7,041 ✭✭✭Seachmall


    It looks like the usual suspects dislike your idea, OP.


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    MrCreosote
    Registered Users Posts: 2,320 ✭✭✭MrCreosote


    krudler wrote: »
    If only there was some way to post a counter point in every thread on the forum..

    Takes too long. And it's no easy for those of us who like our comments to be always witty and incisive. Sometimes it's just easier to click on an icon.


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    BraziliaNZ
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,671 ✭✭✭BraziliaNZ


    yes up and down like the daily mail, brilliant.
    "She's not too skinny, she has a healthy body", always has about 450 thumbs downs in an angry red.


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    #13
    Jimminy Mc Fukhead
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 305 ✭✭Jimminy Mc Fukhead


    Maybe we could have the option of drawing a picture or submitting a poem that expresses your feeling on the post.


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    #14
    Rasmus
    Registered Users Posts: 2,075 ✭✭✭Rasmus


    There kind of is already - the poster who disagrees with the the poster who makes the stupid statement gets all the 'thanks' which makes the stupid poster look, well, stupid.


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    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,978 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    This is how you do negative thanks

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056881651


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    krudler
    Registered Users Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    MrCreosote wrote: »
    Takes too long. And it's no easy for those of us who like our comments to be always witty and incisive. Sometimes it's just easier to click on an icon.

    Ah, its lazyness that's the issue, my bad.


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    Annasopra
    Registered Users Posts: 41,067 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    Rasmus wrote: »
    There kind of is already - the poster who disagrees with the the poster who makes the stupid statement gets all the 'thanks' which makes the stupid poster look, well, stupid.

    But the OP is talking about the SILENT majority

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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    #18
    Mr Simpson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,332 ✭✭✭Mr Simpson


    Its been asked before, it wont happen I reckon. It would make it far too easy to troll


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    #19
    sbsquarepants
    Registered Users Posts: 11,812 ✭✭✭✭sbsquarepants


    I think it's a very good idea - would simplify a lot of the "I'm right, no you're wrong" arguments you get on here.


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    Rasmus
    Registered Users Posts: 2,075 ✭✭✭Rasmus


    mango salsa wrote: »
    But the OP is talking about the SILENT majority

    Didn't read the OP properly - my bad.


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    #21
    sbsquarepants
    Registered Users Posts: 11,812 ✭✭✭✭sbsquarepants


    MarkMc wrote: »
    Its been asked before, it wont happen I reckon. It would make it far too easy to troll

    I don't think so. Trolls generally want a long drawn out fit of apoplectic rage - not a mere click of a polite "i disagree" button.


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    Mr Simpson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,332 ✭✭✭Mr Simpson


    sbsquarepants wrote: »

    I don't think so. Trolls generally want a long drawn out fit of apoplectic rage - not a mere click of a polite "i disagree" button.

    Look at the Journal to see what I mean. People give red thumbs just to get a rise or annoy someone


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    #23
    Korvanica
    Registered Users Posts: 3,992 ✭✭✭Korvanica


    MarkMc wrote: »
    Look at the Journal to see what I mean. People give red thumbs just to get a rise or annoy someone

    That's filled with knuckledraggers though, they only use it because you can sign in with facebook and the majority of them wouldn't be able to create a boards account if their lives depended on it.


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    Mr Simpson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,332 ✭✭✭Mr Simpson


    Korvanica wrote: »

    That's filled with knuckledraggers though, they only use it because you can sign in with facebook and the majority of them wouldn't be able to create a boards account if their lives depended on it.

    To be fair, Boards has its fair share of muppets


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    #25
    Grayson
    Registered Users Posts: 16,220 ✭✭✭✭Grayson


    MarkMc wrote: »
    To be fair, Boards has its fair share of muppets

    **** you.

    even if you have a valid and accurate point. **** YOU!!


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    #26
    Mr Simpson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,332 ✭✭✭Mr Simpson


    Grayson wrote: »

    **** you.

    even if you have a valid and accurate point. **** YOU!!

    Ha! I couldn't have summed it up better


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    antodeco
    Registered Users, Subscribers Posts: 13,504 ✭✭✭✭antodeco


    El Guapo! wrote: »
    1 like = 1 prayer

    lyk if u cryed


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    #28
    Phill Ewinn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,007 ✭✭✭Phill Ewinn


    there is a silent majority in every debate


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    #29
    Just Like Heaven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,132 ✭✭✭Just Like Heaven


    Just assume that if somebody doesn't thank your post that they disagree with you.


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    #30
    BUBBLE WRAP
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,186 ✭✭✭BUBBLE WRAP


    Phill Ewinn wrote: »
    there is a silent majority in every debate

    .....


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    #31
    Truncheon Rouge
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 388 ✭✭Truncheon Rouge


    If you add a thumbs down option it will allow boards users to vent their fury into one quick click. :rolleyes:
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    This will mean they have an option other than making a snide off topic counter comment with a :rolleyes: added. :rolleyes:
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    That will mean an end to petty point for point arguments with highlighted sentences out of context, which is the whole purpose of boards in the first place. :rolleyes:


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