Voting on questions
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I have a feeling this has brought up before, but here goes: Maybe it's just me, but I find it really irritating when forum questions are in bold red, due to a single vote of 5 usually (if not all of the time, I am quite sure) becaseu the OP has signed in again with a second account and "voted" themselves up this way. Personally I refuse to answer any such questions just because of that. It's... cheap, tacky, dishonest and distasteful. And probably a few other things too. If it was down to me, I'd disable voting on questions, and thus restrict voting to answers only. (Then again, I suppose it helps highlight which users are cheap, tacky, dishonest and distasteful, so maybe keep it after all! :-) ) /rant over
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I have a feeling this has brought up before, but here goes: Maybe it's just me, but I find it really irritating when forum questions are in bold red, due to a single vote of 5 usually (if not all of the time, I am quite sure) becaseu the OP has signed in again with a second account and "voted" themselves up this way. Personally I refuse to answer any such questions just because of that. It's... cheap, tacky, dishonest and distasteful. And probably a few other things too. If it was down to me, I'd disable voting on questions, and thus restrict voting to answers only. (Then again, I suppose it helps highlight which users are cheap, tacky, dishonest and distasteful, so maybe keep it after all! :-) ) /rant over
Occasionally a question is asked which is so mind boggling and the OP has obviously put so much effort in that it would be churlish not to recognise the brilliance of the question. While these are few and far between, they do sometimes happen and I, for one, like to let the OP know that they have taken all the right steps so far.
I have CDO, it's OCD with the letters in the right order; just as they ruddy well should be
Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads
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Occasionally a question is asked which is so mind boggling and the OP has obviously put so much effort in that it would be churlish not to recognise the brilliance of the question. While these are few and far between, they do sometimes happen and I, for one, like to let the OP know that they have taken all the right steps so far.
I have CDO, it's OCD with the letters in the right order; just as they ruddy well should be
Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads
So it takes authority to rightfully up/down-vote a question? Maybe the availability of question voting tools should be linked to rep color then. :)
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So it takes authority to rightfully up/down-vote a question? Maybe the availability of question voting tools should be linked to rep color then. :)
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Luc Pattyn wrote:
So it takes authority to rightfully up/down-vote a question
I don't think so. It should take a bit of common sense which is, sadly, not very common.
I have CDO, it's OCD with the letters in the right order; just as they ruddy well should be
Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads
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Luc Pattyn wrote:
So it takes authority to rightfully up/down-vote a question
I don't think so. It should take a bit of common sense which is, sadly, not very common.
I have CDO, it's OCD with the letters in the right order; just as they ruddy well should be
Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads
common sense isn't measured at the moment. it probably takes a delicate instrument. :)
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common sense isn't measured at the moment. it probably takes a delicate instrument. :)
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Luc Pattyn wrote:
it probably takes a delicate instrument.
I have one that doles out lead exactly 55 grains at a time...
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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I have a feeling this has brought up before, but here goes: Maybe it's just me, but I find it really irritating when forum questions are in bold red, due to a single vote of 5 usually (if not all of the time, I am quite sure) becaseu the OP has signed in again with a second account and "voted" themselves up this way. Personally I refuse to answer any such questions just because of that. It's... cheap, tacky, dishonest and distasteful. And probably a few other things too. If it was down to me, I'd disable voting on questions, and thus restrict voting to answers only. (Then again, I suppose it helps highlight which users are cheap, tacky, dishonest and distasteful, so maybe keep it after all! :-) ) /rant over
I think voting on the questions should have one option - Bad Question. If it's not a bad question, the user simply doesn't click the (only available voting) button.
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001 -
I think voting on the questions should have one option - Bad Question. If it's not a bad question, the user simply doesn't click the (only available voting) button.
.45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
should have one option - Bad Question
exactly
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