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Re^2: Proposal: eliminate down-votesby BrowserUk (Patriarch) |
on Jun 04, 2012 at 22:39 UTC ( [id://974391]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
Upon reading this post, I thought of much retort, thankfully, aaron_baugher said most of it more clearly and succinctly than I might have. So I'll confine myself to addressing this sentence: I can freely accept that the only apparent response to my posting was 30 (so far...) downvotes. That pretty well sums up why this place (and other sites; but that is their problem) need downvotes. A few more statistics. Without downvotes, your three posts in this thread would show: +8 +5 +1 Which could only be read as a small but consistently positive support for your proposal. But the reality stands as -38 .v. +8 -20 .v. +5 -9 .v. +1 Hence, a notional, small positive support turns into an overwhelming 82.7% rejection of your proposal, on the basis of the response to your posts alone. On the basis of pro .v. anti posts in the thread, it is nearer 95% anti your proposal. And on the basis of all the votes cast in the thread for posts that vaguely support you; versus those very clearly against, it is closer to 99%. The disenfranchisement of the ability to record an active rejection -- in favor of passive acceptance -- would place the monastery into a reality distortion field, leading to the same outcome as "a few good men doing nothing". With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'
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