I don’t have an objection to the down voting. I enthusiastically agree that all ideas can benefit from challenges and counter challenges. I’m very receptive to that. If members wish to come out of hiding and engage any of my posts and attempt to defeat the points being made, I’m all for that. Go for it! Make your case, support it, stand behind it.
I’m objecting to the anonymous no content popularity contest nature of the voting system here. It’s juvenile and cowardly, and undermines the credibility of the forum in my eyes. I appreciate you are making a good faith effort to rise above the norm of social media, but implementing Facebook style features doesn’t seem a good way to go about that. Honestly, even Facebook does this better, as they encourage positive feedback, while making negative feedback more obscure. You know, they don’t have a “this sucks” button.
I came here to invest my time for free in helping you build this impressive well intended website, to the degree I am able. The insult mechanisms the mod team has put in place are not helping with my motivation.
I don’t have an objection to the down voting. I enthusiastically agree that all ideas can benefit from challenges and counter challenges. I’m very receptive to that. If members wish to come out of hiding and engage any of my posts and attempt to defeat the points being made, I’m all for that. Go for it! Make your case, support it, stand behind it.
I’m objecting to the anonymous no content popularity contest nature of the voting system here. It’s juvenile and cowardly, and undermines the credibility of the forum in my eyes. I appreciate you are making a good faith effort to rise above the norm of social media, but implementing Facebook style features doesn’t seem a good way to go about that. Honestly, even Facebook does this better, as they encourage positive feedback, while making negative feedback more obscure. You know, they don’t have a “this sucks” button.
I came here to invest my time for free in helping you build this impressive well intended website, to the degree I am able. The insult mechanisms the mod team has put in place are not helping with my motivation.