NOTICE: Ratings Abuse - Knock it off, Seriously

[Fixit]

I don't hit dislike all that much. I prefer to yell at them.

 

[Galeb]

OK...somebody get on the horn with Satan...tell him I got a slightly used, pretty worn out soul to trade in...

He won't buy it twice, I've already tried.

 

[BTTA]

Glad you are getting after this, Ian. What makes this place worth visiting and participating is the quality of the conversation.

I get a bit of entertainment out of trying to decipher the differing definitions in use for the ratings by different posters. For me they aren't "ratings", so much as comments on the quality of the contribution to the conversation. So it looks something like this:

Like: makes the conversation more interesting, and/or made me smile
Dislike: drags the conversation down; reduces the range of opinion that's welcomed; or is just mean-spirited
Agree: that's how I see it, too; affirming your thinking or viewpoint
Disagree: destructive comment
Funny: funny enough that I actually paused to enjoy the humor
Winner: Like on steroids
Useful: Offers very different perspective that causes me to rethink my thinking; or, just really good information that informs the conversation.

 

[n1997y]

Disagree is a neutral rating (the black center column), dislike is a negative rating (the red far-right column). Both have been in place since the inception of the changeover on this software, but only recently has it started really becoming a problem where people are going crazy with it. It's O.K. to use either and I've obviously had my share of both as well, but to see it hit that many times in one day by certain people toward individual users is just ridiculous.

Personally my nuances do not always correspond to a simple positive/negative value. For example, if someone posted that Glass-Eye was re-signed to play CB my dislike has nothing to do with my animosity towards the poster, or my feeling that the post was negative, it's just my feeling about the move. Otoh overdoing it the way you describe is clearly wrong, borderline pathological, and should be fixed.

Can't we all just get along?

 

[Off The Grid]

Well, it's a visual thing, isn't it?

Big Red X's don't really translate to a mild "Disagree" in our Souls, because of Early ChildHood Memories...

From School.

Big Red X's translate to...WRONG!!

And that comes across as an Hostile Act.

 

[PatsFanSince74]

I've written a script tonight that created a report to look at the abuse regarding the negative ratings after multiple complaints and have noticed a few users that are abusing it badly, which includes racking up a lot of negative totals toward other users. I can now see exactly who you're unloading on and it needs to stop.

I'll be reversing these over the next couple of days and have over a dozen people who are involved in this practice and am going to have to set aside time to go through and manually write queries to delete them as it will require essentially over 50 queries to clear them all out, as well as run the function to recalculate them.

I think most of us are over the age of 18 on here so I'd like to think we're above that kind of behavior. I'm going to be running this report now each night to see how many negative ratings are handed out by certain individuals (and you know who you are, so consider this your one "get out of jail free card" to change your behavior) and it also shows me who you're apparently not getting along with by who you're slamming with those ratings, and if it continues I'll be revoking your ability to use them at all. For those being nailed by these people, don't retaliate as I'll see who is hitting you to begin with and will take care of it accordingly. If you retaliate, you're creating more work for me .

Needless to say, just stop it. If you disagree or dislike a post by someone, don't proceed to hit the next 10 because you're angry. If it's that bad and what the person says annoys you, put them on ignore and just move on. Because this is just ridiculous.

Thanks, Ian, for this and everything you do to keep this Board a good community.
And, yes, the "Ignore" function is very useful. I've only had to use it rarely, but it makes life better.

 

[FirstAndGoal]

Not even sure what the point of the system is. If we're all grown adults, why rate anything in the first place? I don't look at people's ratings and say "wow" that's a good/bad poster....seems like some ego stroking myself.

 

[BTTA]

For example, if someone posted that Glass-Eye was re-signed to play CB my dislike has nothing to do with my animosity towards the poster, or my feeling that the post was negative, it's just my feeling about the move.

Interesting. I never would have guess or interpreted that.

 

[Tony2046]

Well, it's a visual thing, isn't it?

Big Red X's don't really translate to a mild "Disagree" in our Souls, because of Early ChildHood Memories...

From School.

Big Red X's translate...to WRONG!!

And that comes across as an Hostile Act.

XXX Is this better?

 

[anditsgood]

Not even sure what the point of the system is. If we're all grown adults, why rate anything in the first place? I don't look at people's ratings and say "wow" that's a good/bad poster....seems like some ego stroking myself.

Liked



Naw, i will never use the negative system, i rather respond (with respect)

 

[BTTA]

From School.

Grid, you were institutionalized like the rest of us?

 

[RelocatedPatFan]

Liked



Naw, i will never use the negative system, i rather respond (with respect)

I'd prefer to limit my use of the negatives so it has an impact. I try to limit it to when someone steps out of bounds/makes it personal. And will follow up in thread or, typically, in a private conversation.

 

[Froob]

As long as I don't get banned for hitting useful on 75% of post

 

[Tony2046]

Liked



Naw, i will never use the negative system, i rather respond (with respect)

I rarely use negative ratings but when I do its dos X's.

Seriously though when I do I also reply as to why I dislike or disagree.

 

[Brady6]

Ok, no I thought someone or several people complained. I've been noticing a lot of people using dislike for no apparent reason. There's one guy that has given out more dislikes than he has posts and provides no input or feedback to the discussion.

I stopped paying attention to the rating system after a user gave me 70'dislikes in one day last spring. I try and focus on the positives of this board and ignore the negative users, and since doing that I haven't had any heated exchanges in at least 6 months.

 

[The Brandon Five]

When I'm done writing this essay for AP History I am going to kick your ass bruh

Get off my lawn!

Hey, Ian, can we add that as a new rating? Saves us old farts the trouble of typing it.

 

[Hammer of Thor]

Can the dislike icon be replaced with a picture of Roger Goodell?

 

[Off The Grid]

Personally, I don't particularly care if people agree or disagree with my opinion.

C'mon, man, we're not SocioPaths, here ~ most'f us, anyway

Of course you care, otherwise why post at all?

 

[Tony2046]

Get off my lawn!

Hey, Ian, can we add that as a new rating? Saves us old farts the trouble of typing it.

Suggested Icon.

 

[One-If-By-Sea]

I can't believe grown ass adults care about this ****.

I agree. If anyone is pissed off and needs to vent, please feel free to dislike (or any other rating) me multiple times. I couldn't care less.