The only semblance of an "argument" for having anonymous thumbs that has been made so far is this:
"The ONLY way right now to avoid the endless inquisition is to thumb anonymously."
That's the justification on the table.
Now, let's consider the proposal.
How would the alleged "endless inquisitions" be avoided or prevented if the alleged inquisitors had opted out of seeing the thumbs?
@fmf saidIf you don't see the thumbs, it is easier not to care.
The only semblance of an "argument" for having anonymous thumbs that has been made so far is this:
"The ONLY way right now to avoid the endless inquisition is to thumb anonymously."
That's the justification on the table.
Now, let's consider the proposal.
How would the alleged "endless inquisitions" be avoided or prevented if the alleged inquisitors had opted out of seeing the thumbs?
@ponderable saidFirst, I don't care, as it happens, about me personally getting red thumbs.
If you don't see the thumbs, it is easier not to care.
Second, my suggestion to the website is to get rid of the clickbait-toy-for-children feature because it strikes me as being a clickbait toy for children, so to speak.
Third, you haven't really addressed my point despite using "Quote" to respond to what I said.
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The primary people complaining about "thumbs" feedback, are trolls and a-holes.
They prefer a system where their deliberate provocations suffer exactly ZERO consequences: Believing that everyone else has as much time on their hands.
The thumbs system is an efficient measure of feedback for those with little time to post responses.
@woofwoof saidI am neither a troll nor an "a-hole" [thanks for your exquisite banter] and yet I think that anonymous thumbs are an infantile site feature. What do you think of the Venda-Ponderable idea whereby people can just opt out of seeing the thumbs up and thumbs down?
The primary people complaining about "thumbs" feedback, are trolls and a-holes.
@fmf saidAs I've always said: I believe everyone is entitled to their opinion. 🙂
I am neither a troll nor an "a-hole" [thanks for your exquisite banter] and yet I think that anonymous thumbs are an infantile site feature. What do you think of the Venda-Ponderable idea whereby people can just opt out of seeing the thumbs up and thumbs down?
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@fmf saidSure, if "opting-out" would make you feel better.
I am neither a troll nor an "a-hole" [thanks for your exquisite banter] and yet I think that anonymous thumbs are an infantile site feature. What do you think of the Venda-Ponderable idea whereby people can just opt out of seeing the thumbs up and thumbs down?
Venda's motives are pure: I believe he's honestly annoyed by thumbs.
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@ponderable saidBecause it's a good idea.
So why do you bring up the topic again and again then?
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@fmf saidNo, yours is not pure.
Aren't your motives and my motives pure too?
You're trying to curb public disdain for your brand through intimidation.
You think that everyone should be required to publicly reveal disliking you and your posts while hoping that this might cease them from doing so.
You're free to publicly extrude all of the condescending garbage that you want.
I am free to privately thumb it up or down.
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@woofwoof saidI don't think there is any secret about who dislikes me; do you think there is? The red thumbs make no difference to me or how I post.
You think that everyone should be required to publicly reveal disliking you and your posts while hoping that this might cease them from doing so.
I'd be surprised if anyone was affected - in terms of how they post - by red thumbs. They'd be juvenile if they did let it affect them.
Which, in my book, makes the thumbing facility an infantile site feature. How is a mechanism for registering secret indications of "disliking" someone on a website for adults anything other than infantile?