CP Voting Trends
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It seems as if anyone who posts liberal, new-age, open-minded, tolerant messages here gets voted a 5, and anyone who posts conservative, moral, right-vs-wrong type posts gets voted 1. So I suppose most CPians are of the pinkie-liberal type? Is this the nature of SW developers in general, or just the nature of the most-actives who openly express their opinions here? I ask because with our new on-line counter thingie, even 30 votes on a thread is only about 1% of those usually online. What thinks the other 99%? OP
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It seems as if anyone who posts liberal, new-age, open-minded, tolerant messages here gets voted a 5, and anyone who posts conservative, moral, right-vs-wrong type posts gets voted 1. So I suppose most CPians are of the pinkie-liberal type? Is this the nature of SW developers in general, or just the nature of the most-actives who openly express their opinions here? I ask because with our new on-line counter thingie, even 30 votes on a thread is only about 1% of those usually online. What thinks the other 99%? OP
I've rather seen both happening depending on the time of the day or the phase of the moon or something. Some days it seems like the liberals are getting bashed around, while other days it seems like the conservatives are getting beat up. If I was naive I might venture that it depends on who's right :omg:
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I've rather seen both happening depending on the time of the day or the phase of the moon or something. Some days it seems like the liberals are getting bashed around, while other days it seems like the conservatives are getting beat up. If I was naive I might venture that it depends on who's right :omg:
Wjousts wrote: If I was naive I might venture that it depends on who's right It is not WHO is right that matters, but WHAT is right.
"You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want." --Zig Ziglar
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It seems as if anyone who posts liberal, new-age, open-minded, tolerant messages here gets voted a 5, and anyone who posts conservative, moral, right-vs-wrong type posts gets voted 1. So I suppose most CPians are of the pinkie-liberal type? Is this the nature of SW developers in general, or just the nature of the most-actives who openly express their opinions here? I ask because with our new on-line counter thingie, even 30 votes on a thread is only about 1% of those usually online. What thinks the other 99%? OP
Optimus Prime wrote: CPians are of the pinkie-liberal type Who are you calling a Pinkie-liberal!?
"You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want." --Zig Ziglar
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It seems as if anyone who posts liberal, new-age, open-minded, tolerant messages here gets voted a 5, and anyone who posts conservative, moral, right-vs-wrong type posts gets voted 1. So I suppose most CPians are of the pinkie-liberal type? Is this the nature of SW developers in general, or just the nature of the most-actives who openly express their opinions here? I ask because with our new on-line counter thingie, even 30 votes on a thread is only about 1% of those usually online. What thinks the other 99%? OP
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It seems as if anyone who posts liberal, new-age, open-minded, tolerant messages here gets voted a 5, and anyone who posts conservative, moral, right-vs-wrong type posts gets voted 1. So I suppose most CPians are of the pinkie-liberal type? Is this the nature of SW developers in general, or just the nature of the most-actives who openly express their opinions here? I ask because with our new on-line counter thingie, even 30 votes on a thread is only about 1% of those usually online. What thinks the other 99%? OP
Generally speaking we have as much liberal as we have conservative people here, according to all the polls we have done. It is probably easier to recognize right-wing extremists than it is to recognize left-wing extremists and that probably influences peoples voting behaviour here. jhaga --------------------------------- Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new. Henry David Thoreau, "Walden", 1854
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It seems as if anyone who posts liberal, new-age, open-minded, tolerant messages here gets voted a 5, and anyone who posts conservative, moral, right-vs-wrong type posts gets voted 1. So I suppose most CPians are of the pinkie-liberal type? Is this the nature of SW developers in general, or just the nature of the most-actives who openly express their opinions here? I ask because with our new on-line counter thingie, even 30 votes on a thread is only about 1% of those usually online. What thinks the other 99%? OP
You can kiss my liberal ass! :rolleyes: :-D -- Futue te et ipsum caballum.
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Wjousts wrote: If I was naive I might venture that it depends on who's right It is not WHO is right that matters, but WHAT is right.
"You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want." --Zig Ziglar
OK - but do you do this: look at an issue, first figure out whether what they are saying is right or left and if it is opposite to your political bent, automatically naysay it? Some people I think look at themselves, decide whether they are right or left and then there is no turning back - if there is a few attitude that are left, but the majority are right, they actually will surpress the few left attitudes they have in order to appear consistant.
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It seems as if anyone who posts liberal, new-age, open-minded, tolerant messages here gets voted a 5, and anyone who posts conservative, moral, right-vs-wrong type posts gets voted 1. So I suppose most CPians are of the pinkie-liberal type? Is this the nature of SW developers in general, or just the nature of the most-actives who openly express their opinions here? I ask because with our new on-line counter thingie, even 30 votes on a thread is only about 1% of those usually online. What thinks the other 99%? OP
You have pretty well summed it up. I think a lot of the posters here are of the "I am hip and educated and a computer geek and I have a gay friend and I think lynching afro-americans is wrong and I drink cafee latte therefore I am a liberal and whenever I see a post that fails to recognize the rights of terrosists to murder whoever I want I must put on my ACLU hat and vote that post down" type.
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It seems as if anyone who posts liberal, new-age, open-minded, tolerant messages here gets voted a 5, and anyone who posts conservative, moral, right-vs-wrong type posts gets voted 1. So I suppose most CPians are of the pinkie-liberal type? Is this the nature of SW developers in general, or just the nature of the most-actives who openly express their opinions here? I ask because with our new on-line counter thingie, even 30 votes on a thread is only about 1% of those usually online. What thinks the other 99%? OP
i have precious little respect for forum voters here. i don't take it seriously, and have seen little evidence that anyone else does either. IMNSHO, few posts deserve a '5', even fewer a '1' - most would be worth no vote at all, the rest 2's or 4's. However, i tend to abuse this system, 5ing posts i want to draw attention to (either because i like them, or because they draw on a point of view that is popular but wrong and needs to be beaten on), and 1ing posts i feel have drawn too much attention. Also, though i don't engage in it personally, there seems to be strong evidence in pointing to the existence of a subgroup who consistently 1-vote posts they don't agree with, in leu of a rebuttal. This is really a shame, as it stomps on the whole point of a discussion board in the first place (which is discussion). No matter how utterly wrong you feel a Stan Shannon, Mike Mullikin, or Chris Losinger post to be, down-voting without replying only elevates their respective positions. oh, and past experience suggests that some posts get votes based entirely on their subject lines - i have great hopes that this idiocy has been outgrown however. How do you move in a world of fog, That's always changing things? Makes me wish that i could be a dog, When i see the price that you pay.
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You have pretty well summed it up. I think a lot of the posters here are of the "I am hip and educated and a computer geek and I have a gay friend and I think lynching afro-americans is wrong and I drink cafee latte therefore I am a liberal and whenever I see a post that fails to recognize the rights of terrosists to murder whoever I want I must put on my ACLU hat and vote that post down" type.
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Generally speaking we have as much liberal as we have conservative people here, according to all the polls we have done. It is probably easier to recognize right-wing extremists than it is to recognize left-wing extremists and that probably influences peoples voting behaviour here. jhaga --------------------------------- Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new. Henry David Thoreau, "Walden", 1854
jhaga wrote: It is probably easier to recognize right-wing extremists than it is to recognize left-wing extremists :laugh: Ya Think?!!! "In the final analysis, secularism is little more than another religion the first amendment should be protecting the American people against."
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i have precious little respect for forum voters here. i don't take it seriously, and have seen little evidence that anyone else does either. IMNSHO, few posts deserve a '5', even fewer a '1' - most would be worth no vote at all, the rest 2's or 4's. However, i tend to abuse this system, 5ing posts i want to draw attention to (either because i like them, or because they draw on a point of view that is popular but wrong and needs to be beaten on), and 1ing posts i feel have drawn too much attention. Also, though i don't engage in it personally, there seems to be strong evidence in pointing to the existence of a subgroup who consistently 1-vote posts they don't agree with, in leu of a rebuttal. This is really a shame, as it stomps on the whole point of a discussion board in the first place (which is discussion). No matter how utterly wrong you feel a Stan Shannon, Mike Mullikin, or Chris Losinger post to be, down-voting without replying only elevates their respective positions. oh, and past experience suggests that some posts get votes based entirely on their subject lines - i have great hopes that this idiocy has been outgrown however. How do you move in a world of fog, That's always changing things? Makes me wish that i could be a dog, When i see the price that you pay.
Shog9 wrote: No matter how utterly wrong you feel a Stan Shannon, Mike Mullikin, or Chris Losinger post to be, down-voting without replying only elevates their respective positions. Kewl! I've been mentioned with Stan and Chris. I'm truly honored. :) I'd like to thank the academy. I need to thank Chris Maunder for creating CP. David Cunningham and everybody at Dundas for hosting CP in the early years. Of course I need to thank the masters of posting Nish, Paul, Christian and David - without you, none of this would have been possible. I need to thank my late parents for their understanding in my early Commodore 64 years. I want to thank my wife for allowing me the budget for broadband at home to hone my posting skills. <The orchestra starts playing really lame music> Oh, and my children. I need to thank my children for being my sounding boards. Oooh and Jack Nicholson, cuz' I've always admired Jack and thanking him is the cat's ass! <Music gets louder and Mike finally walks away hoping to get free booze at the post party> We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart. ~ H.L. Mencken
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i have precious little respect for forum voters here. i don't take it seriously, and have seen little evidence that anyone else does either. IMNSHO, few posts deserve a '5', even fewer a '1' - most would be worth no vote at all, the rest 2's or 4's. However, i tend to abuse this system, 5ing posts i want to draw attention to (either because i like them, or because they draw on a point of view that is popular but wrong and needs to be beaten on), and 1ing posts i feel have drawn too much attention. Also, though i don't engage in it personally, there seems to be strong evidence in pointing to the existence of a subgroup who consistently 1-vote posts they don't agree with, in leu of a rebuttal. This is really a shame, as it stomps on the whole point of a discussion board in the first place (which is discussion). No matter how utterly wrong you feel a Stan Shannon, Mike Mullikin, or Chris Losinger post to be, down-voting without replying only elevates their respective positions. oh, and past experience suggests that some posts get votes based entirely on their subject lines - i have great hopes that this idiocy has been outgrown however. How do you move in a world of fog, That's always changing things? Makes me wish that i could be a dog, When i see the price that you pay.
Shog9 wrote: down-voting without replying only elevates their respective positions. It's also rather cowardly, like flipping the school bully the bird from the safety of Mom's back seat. I like to use a 5 to draw attention to posts that I think merit a look, whether I agree with the poster or not. Many a good argument has been presented here that I consider just plain wrong, but that doesn't invalidate the point of view presented. Quality should be rewarded.:-D Of course, anything that causes me to fall off my chair laughing is an automatic 5 - that's usually all I'm capable of posting until the spasms subside. Will Build Nuclear Missile For Food - No Target Too Small
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You have pretty well summed it up. I think a lot of the posters here are of the "I am hip and educated and a computer geek and I have a gay friend and I think lynching afro-americans is wrong and I drink cafee latte therefore I am a liberal and whenever I see a post that fails to recognize the rights of terrosists to murder whoever I want I must put on my ACLU hat and vote that post down" type.
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What's the latest butt-scratch count? Check it out!Terry, when you say things like Terry O`Nolley wrote: whenever I see a post that fails to recognize the rights of terrosists to murder whoever I want I must put on my ACLU hat and vote that post down" type. you make yourself an idiot. I doubt anyone anywhere ever suggests that terrorists have a right to murder anyone, and the building of straw men speaks of an inability to address the actual issues. Why else would you invent a position you're more easily able to tear down ? By saying: Terry O`Nolley wrote: and I think lynching afro-americans is wrong you also imply that you disagree. Where you drunk when you wrote this ? Christian I have drunk the cool-aid and found it wan and bitter. - Chris Maunder
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Terry, when you say things like Terry O`Nolley wrote: whenever I see a post that fails to recognize the rights of terrosists to murder whoever I want I must put on my ACLU hat and vote that post down" type. you make yourself an idiot. I doubt anyone anywhere ever suggests that terrorists have a right to murder anyone, and the building of straw men speaks of an inability to address the actual issues. Why else would you invent a position you're more easily able to tear down ? By saying: Terry O`Nolley wrote: and I think lynching afro-americans is wrong you also imply that you disagree. Where you drunk when you wrote this ? Christian I have drunk the cool-aid and found it wan and bitter. - Chris Maunder
Christian Graus wrote: the building of straw men i hereby propose a new category of logical fallacy: the O'Nolley. the O'Nolley is a straw man holding a firehose spraying insults at anyone at anyone who tries to confront it. Cleek | Losinger Designs | ClickPic | ThumbNailer
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i have precious little respect for forum voters here. i don't take it seriously, and have seen little evidence that anyone else does either. IMNSHO, few posts deserve a '5', even fewer a '1' - most would be worth no vote at all, the rest 2's or 4's. However, i tend to abuse this system, 5ing posts i want to draw attention to (either because i like them, or because they draw on a point of view that is popular but wrong and needs to be beaten on), and 1ing posts i feel have drawn too much attention. Also, though i don't engage in it personally, there seems to be strong evidence in pointing to the existence of a subgroup who consistently 1-vote posts they don't agree with, in leu of a rebuttal. This is really a shame, as it stomps on the whole point of a discussion board in the first place (which is discussion). No matter how utterly wrong you feel a Stan Shannon, Mike Mullikin, or Chris Losinger post to be, down-voting without replying only elevates their respective positions. oh, and past experience suggests that some posts get votes based entirely on their subject lines - i have great hopes that this idiocy has been outgrown however. How do you move in a world of fog, That's always changing things? Makes me wish that i could be a dog, When i see the price that you pay.
pissing into the wind... Cleek | Losinger Designs | ClickPic | ThumbNailer
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Christian Graus wrote: the building of straw men i hereby propose a new category of logical fallacy: the O'Nolley. the O'Nolley is a straw man holding a firehose spraying insults at anyone at anyone who tries to confront it. Cleek | Losinger Designs | ClickPic | ThumbNailer
The trouble is that I don't believe there are any standard international units of measure where the maximum possible value is 1. Who could possibly be so irrational to rate more than 1 O'Nolley ? Christian I have drunk the cool-aid and found it wan and bitter. - Chris Maunder
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Shog9 wrote: down-voting without replying only elevates their respective positions. It's also rather cowardly, like flipping the school bully the bird from the safety of Mom's back seat. I like to use a 5 to draw attention to posts that I think merit a look, whether I agree with the poster or not. Many a good argument has been presented here that I consider just plain wrong, but that doesn't invalidate the point of view presented. Quality should be rewarded.:-D Of course, anything that causes me to fall off my chair laughing is an automatic 5 - that's usually all I'm capable of posting until the spasms subside. Will Build Nuclear Missile For Food - No Target Too Small
Roger Wright wrote: I like to use a 5 to draw attention to posts that I think merit a look, whether I agree with the poster or not. Agreed. I will say in addition to the above, I do vote 1's sometimes when I feel the respondent made special effort to ignore the context of initial statement to allow justification of their biased view to be presented or form a cheap shot against the poster. In those cases I also generally feel a conversation is pointless so yes I skip responding. Anyways that is my justification for the action. Roger Wright wrote: Of course, anything that causes me to fall off my chair laughing is an automatic 5 That seldoms happens to me. I guess I have lost much of my sense of humor. Oh well. :sigh:
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It seems as if anyone who posts liberal, new-age, open-minded, tolerant messages here gets voted a 5, and anyone who posts conservative, moral, right-vs-wrong type posts gets voted 1. So I suppose most CPians are of the pinkie-liberal type? Is this the nature of SW developers in general, or just the nature of the most-actives who openly express their opinions here? I ask because with our new on-line counter thingie, even 30 votes on a thread is only about 1% of those usually online. What thinks the other 99%? OP
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