The moonbus red thumbs poll

@fmf said
Anonymous red thumbs are just inane meaningless social media fluff. They do not rank, in my mind, as grown-up "disagreement, dissent and criticism".

They serve the same function as 'hear hear' or 'nonsense' murmured from the back benches.

What other site functions do you want removed because you think they are silly and don't use them? Hikaru Junction blog? RHP Social Media Feeds? Polls?

-Removed-

Well, I, for one, will stop expressing disagreement with people if the anonymous red thumbs increase. They are unbearable.

I feel besieged by slogans of my own creation. Not knowing who is disagreeing is Ruthless Peer Group Pressure. Going After Everybody Is Impractical So I Am Thwarted. Anonymity Has Terrible Consequences. Don't Let The Door Hit Myself On The Way Out. Knowing You Are Not Liked By People Who You Don't Know Who They Are Is The Internet At Its Cruelest. How Can One Eviscerate Unknown Persons [Just For Not Agreeing With Me, Whoever They Are] [And Whatever Their Reasons Are]?*

Any more slogans?

* This last one needs work; it's a bit too long.

@moonbus said
What other site functions do you want removed because you think they are silly and don't use them? Hikaru Junction blog? RHP Social Media Feeds? Polls?

None.

The Hikaru Junction blog, RHP Social Media Feeds, and Polls aren't infantile. Removing them would not make the site better.

@suzianne said
Those of us who can't really afford the time all this self-doubt and anguish is causing them still need to stay vigilant against those who would silence our free speech.

The red thumb has to remain without exposure to protect those with opposing viewpoints from getting assailed by those who are so consumed with their own self-importance that they must attack those who dis ...[text shortened]... e who agree with those they don't like from getting attacked on the backside of their "divine wind".

Is the fact that you cannot give yourself a thumb up [or a thumb down for that matter] also an abrogation of your free speech?

@fmf said
Well, I, for one, will stop expressing disagreement with people if the anonymous red thumbs increase. They are unbearable.

I feel besieged by slogans of my own creation. Not knowing who is disagreeing is Ruthless Peer Group Pressure. Going After Everybody Is Impractical So I Am Thwarted. Anonymity Has Terrible Consequences. Don't Let The Door Hit Myself On The Way Out. Knowing ...[text shortened]... atever Their Reasons Are]?*

Any more slogans?

* This last one needs work; it's a bit too long.

Nonsense.

@fmf said
Is the fact that you cannot give yourself a thumb up [or a thumb down for that matter] also an abrogation of your free speech?

Nonsense.

@moonbus said
Nonsense.

It's calculated nonsense; it draws attention to the nonsense of anonymous thumbs on a grown-ups' website.

@fmf said
The Hikaru Junction blog, RHP Social Media Feeds, and Polls aren't infantile. Removing them would not make the site better.

Nonsense?

@fmf said
Personality disorder? Neurosis?

This tactic used to be called, "Hold on until I get the dictionary down."

@fmf said
It's calculated nonsense; it draws attention to the nonsense of anonymous thumbs on a grown-ups' website.

Nonsense. Get a life.