Voting on responses

[antilog]

Man do I wish we could vote on responses. I do.

[Electricide]

or if we had a foe list.

[JGriffin]

Man do I wish we could vote on responses. I do.

Why?

[;ivlunsdystf]

You mean like digg style where we thumbs up or thumbs down a given response and it rises or falls accordingly on the list?

[antilog]

Well, more like so people can see how much they suck. Like on YouTube, I just like being able to rate a response. Maybe it's useless activity, but it would give me satisfaction. Hmm. Maybe I should just zoom out a bit.

This is just an amazingly helpful board, and there's some folks on here that just ruin it. I see their ID and just stop reading the post all together, because I know 100% that if I keep reading it will just be reading an ego war.

[RoyMatthews]

A rating system certainly won't make it a better board. If there are certain people you don't like voice your opinion or avoid the post.
There are people I surely dislike on the but everyone comes up with a good post once and awhile that's worth reading and absorbing their experience. From novice to pro. Even if you have to wade through some crap.

It's just the internet.

[;ivlunsdystf]

Dude, I'm sorry you don't like my posts.

[JGriffin]

Dude, I'm sorry you don't like my posts.

that goes double for me.

[Babaluma]

if it really bothers you then contact a moderator, that's what i've done before. not sure if anyone actually gets banned on here though.

[chris harris]

Man do I wish we could vote on responses. I do.

Why?

I think that it'd be a great idea. Especially on a board like this. People around here seem to feel that answering posts is somehow a way to gain credibility or respect from other users in the community. So, we end up with a significant number of responses where people will relay things that they've heard or read, but often don't understand or have any actual experience with. Now, they won't let you know that they don't understand or have any experience with it. That would defeat the purpose of answering to earn respect. So, you get a lot of people acting like they know what they're talking about. A recent thread where some users were blaming "latency" for pops and clicks in audio, comes to mind.

It would be nice to be able to indicate to other users who are looking for good info, that these posts are full of shit, without having to personally call them out and tell them that they're full of shit. I always feel like such an asshole when I do that.

But, the problem with ranking posts is evident in the original poster's response to your question... that is, people would use the post ranking system to rank users, rather than posts. People would use it to express their distaste for PEOPLE, rather than posts.

I think that a combination of a post ranking system and an "ignore user" feature, would go a long way towards ridding this board of nonsense shit-stirring posts and bad info from users pretending to know what they're talking about.

[antilog]

But, the problem with ranking posts is evident in the original poster's response to your question... that is, people would use the post ranking system to rank users, rather than posts. People would use it to express their distaste for PEOPLE, rather than posts.

So when people start to see that so many of their posts are unappreciated, they might get the hint? I don't see a problem with that.

I think that a combination of a post ranking system and an "ignore user" feature, would go a long way towards ridding this board of nonsense shit-stirring posts and bad info from users pretending to know what they're talking about.

I guess that is a problem. I guess a major problem I've been seeing is self-centered anti-community egomaniacs killing and derailing threads.

I do think the "ignore user" feature would be better than a post voting system.

[RoyMatthews]

So when people start to see that so many of their posts are unappreciated, they might get the hint? I don't see a problem with that.

They won't get the hint. If they're posting to make themselves feel like a big fish or to inflate their ego they won't care about being ignored. Often they just post with their opinion and move on. They drop the duece and don't flush. They're not interested in the discussion.

[chris harris]

exactly. the kind of people who do that shit aren't the kind of people who will take a hint very easily. they know exactly what they're doing and they know exactly how much it's NOT APPRECIATED.

rating posts should be about the community qualifying the INFORMATION in the post... it's not really an appropriate tool to voice your opinion about HOW the information is shared or the attitudes of posters.

[antilog]

Which is why I think we should be able to ignore users.

[chris harris]

Which is why I think we should be able to ignore users.

To be honest, I'm kind of embarrassed to be asking for an "ignore user" function. I'm an adult, and I shouldn't need a computer application to be able to ignore users who are looking for trouble. Unfortunately, I get sucked in pretty easy.

I see their ID and just stop reading the post all together, because I know 100% that if I keep reading it will just be reading an ego war.

This is probably the best bet. It's what I try (often unsuccessfully) to do.