An idea for improving the “thumbs” feature

@suzianne said

Limiting freedom of expression adds no value, all it does is limit criticism.

You asshats consider this a good thing. So did Stalin.

You’re comparing the limiting of forum thumbs to the actions of Joseph Stalin?

@divegeester said
Thanks for being here, playing chess here and subscribing here. Your voice carries weight.

Eh, he hasn't been active here for many months.

Edit: If you are intent however to quote a player who last logged in over 200 days ago, here's what he said to you earlier in this thread:

"But, just face it, quite a few people here don't appreciate your ugly posts: Thus your daily harvest of red thumbs. Just humble yourself and stop being a condescending jerk. You're not equipped for the role. You're not strong enough to handle the feedback. You should change.

@divegeester said
Russ, you may have noticed that there has been some debate about this feature and I would like to make a serious suggestion.

The what:
- make the thumbing of forum posts only available to subscribers

The why:
- clearly it is a feature which many members see value in and that value can be commercialised
- the feature is currently rendered largely useless and ...[text shortened]... obsolete

Example:
https://www.redhotpawn.com/forum/clans/mghrn55-has-passed-away.196882/page-2

Since you keep repeating this, I will keep showing you why your suggested improvement isn't.

Your suggested 'improvement' does not address the real issue here, but merely plasters over one symptom of it.

The real issue here is multiple accounts for a single user, which is a clear violation of ToS. Changing the thumbs feature in any manner whatever, either restricting it to subscribers or making it no longer anonymous, does not redress multiple accounts.

If you suspect that someone with multiple accounts is giving you multiple red thumbs, then alert admin to your suspicion, let admin deal with it on a case-by-case basis, and stop whining about thumbs.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
Eh, he hasn't been active here for many months.

My point exactly

@moonbus said

Your suggested 'improvement' does not address the real issue here, but merely plasters over one symptom of it.

Of course it does; people would have to subscribe to use it silly.

Who’s going to bother to do that. As a subscriber yourself your ability to use the thumbing feature wouldn’t change in the slightest so I don’t understand why you are getting panties in a knot about it.

The same change worked perfectly to stop the abuse of the alert feature.

@moonbus said

If you suspect that someone with multiple accounts is giving you multiple red thumbs, then alert admin to your suspicion, let admin deal with it on a case-by-case basis, and stop whining about thumbs.

The only people in this thread whining are the likes of you, ghost, Suzianne, woofwoof et al.

@divegeester said
Of course it does; people would have to subscribe to use it silly.

Who’s going to bother to do that. As a subscriber yourself your ability to use the thumbing feature wouldn’t change in the slightest so I don’t understand why you are getting panties in a knot about it.

The same change worked perfectly to stop the abuse of the alert feature.

'Worked perfectly' to plaster over a symptom without addressing the real problem. Now you want another plaster on top of the first one. Head-in-the-sand-ism: "Don't make the problem go away, just make it so I don't see it any more."

@divegeester said
The only people in this thread whining are the likes of you, ghost, Suzianne, woofwoof et al.

You sure do care a lot about thumbs and whether other uses decide to subscribe or not.

@divegeester said

If so then Russ has every right and freedom to refund my subscription (I.e. cancel me) and remove me from the site.

I believe refunds of subscription are at the Webmaster's discretion.

@divegeester said
The only people in this thread whining are the likes of you, ghost, Suzianne, woofwoof et al.

Actually they are all responding to your on going whining!

Oh and good point suzianne, only people who know me would know I certainly wasn't agreeing with gooster, new people may think I was. Thanks for pointing that out.

-VR

@very-rusty said
Actually they are all responding to your on going whining!

-VR

Nice catch.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
Nice catch.

Timing. 🙂

-VR

@divegeester said
Here’s the thread.

Thread 189566

It seems to fascinate you; you should flag it up to Russ.

All posts which made you look silly and there were many were either removed by a Moderator or yourself.

Drinking and typing probably isn't a good mixture for you old friend. 🙂

-VR

@divegeester said
The only people in this thread whining are the likes of you, ghost, Suzianne, woofwoof et al.

Because we have first-hand knowledge of your dreadful forum behavior.

@very-rusty said
All posts which made you look silly and there were many were either removed by a Moderator or yourself.

Drinking and typing probably isn't a good mixture for you old friend. 🙂

-VR

They call that "sanitized for his protection". 😕