@kewpie saidOut-of-sight, out-of-mind. I like it.
The topic of this thread is thumbs. I'd like to propose a simple program change (venda's suggestion above) which I believe would solve the problem once and for all.
Russ, could we please have an option to turn off the visibility of thumbs added to our preference options?
Thumb-haters could forget about them altogether, thumb-lovers wouldn't get so crabby whenever the topic comes up. Win-win.
Leave the feature as-is, yet give the butthurt a tool to remove their distress.
Make it so.
@shallow-blue saidThere never has been a no from Russ and I don’t see why you are objecting to my requesting it being considered.
We knew you'd be back.
The answer is still no. No matter how hard and how often you whine.
@suzianne saidNo one is suggesting limiting "one's freedom to disagree". People can disagree all they want. That's true now and it would be still true if thumbs were given increased value, made not anonymous, or even if the feature were removed altogether. One could still disagree with what another poster posted as much as one wanted.
Limiting one's freedom to disagree doesn't make the signals of disagreement that do get through any more "valuable". It just looks like less people disagree, which is what they want.
Don't condone the abuse that causes most of the red thumbs. They will misrepresent anything in their quest to limit the freedom of those who disagree with them.
@suzianne saidNope. What I said was: I don't see how anyone's "freedom to disagree" is affected by limiting the number of red and green thumbs they can give over a period of time.
"I don't see how limiting someone's freedom to disagree limits their freedom to disagree."
FMF-translate module no. 145.
12 Feb 23
@shallow-blue saidWith the Lord 2 days is as a 1000 day ban.
How would you know? You've only been here for "2 days".
@kewpie saidAgreed: add an option to switch off visibility. But keep them anonymous, please. Then we can have peace and quiet on the issue, forever.
The topic of this thread is thumbs. I'd like to propose a simple program change (venda's suggestion above) which I believe would solve the problem once and for all.
Russ, could we please have an option to turn off the visibility of thumbs added to our preference options?
Thumb-haters could forget about them altogether, thumb-lovers wouldn't get so crabby whenever the topic comes up. Win-win.