I don’t usually use forums, so I don’t know what the norm is. But I have found it somewhat demoralising so far when I’ve taken time to respond carefully and detailedly to questions, and then been downvoted with no explanation as to why people didn’t find the comment useful. (I’m very willing to believe this is just because I’m not used to forums though—I’m only used to Facebook, where you can only upvote, hence all negative feedback has to be spelled out.)
Thanks for bringing this up—seems like a useful discussion to have!
Michelle, I looked through all your posts and they’re all really good, not even controversial, so I wouldn’t assume that they were downvoted or had low points for a legit reason. If someone had a legit criticism of something you said, he should write what it is. That’s the whole point of the forum: to exchange ideas. I don’t find the points system affects that in a positive way. I think without points people would have to write what they’re criticism of a post is and defend it. Button clicking seems more like an act of emotion to me.
I don’t usually use forums, so I don’t know what the norm is. But I have found it somewhat demoralising so far when I’ve taken time to respond carefully and detailedly to questions, and then been downvoted with no explanation as to why people didn’t find the comment useful. (I’m very willing to believe this is just because I’m not used to forums though—I’m only used to Facebook, where you can only upvote, hence all negative feedback has to be spelled out.)
Thanks for bringing this up—seems like a useful discussion to have!
Michelle, I looked through all your posts and they’re all really good, not even controversial, so I wouldn’t assume that they were downvoted or had low points for a legit reason. If someone had a legit criticism of something you said, he should write what it is. That’s the whole point of the forum: to exchange ideas. I don’t find the points system affects that in a positive way. I think without points people would have to write what they’re criticism of a post is and defend it. Button clicking seems more like an act of emotion to me.