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1) it currently has 7 down votes
2) which prove my point
3) Thanks to David Lancaster for your comment, included below, for what seems to be a “courageous act” on your part !
Why is there “voting” on peoples comments ? If you have a comment, either positive or negative, post it. Otherwise, keep it to yourself if you don’t have the intestinal fortitude to post it publicly.
Is this Facebook or Instragram ? Are we posting to get “Likes” ?
It is childish and beneath the dignity of this blog site. Are we not adults here ? The ability to vote on comments should be removed.
Despite your down votes, I agree 100%. This site seems to be headed in the wrong direction. This site is the closest I get to social media. I have always enjoyed the comments, and the fact that, whether I agree with them or not, they are directed at the topic, not an attack on the writer’s personality.
I keep away from social media because it has become the cesspool of the internet. I truly hope that this site does not become one that I feel I can no longer feel comfortable interacting with due to the tenor of the commenting, and increasing number of down votes for innocuous comments on certain writers’ posts that seem like they are negative just because of who they are.
I don’t down vote, I wouldn’t change things.
The up and down votes just don’t mean all that much to me. If you have something interesting to say you’re usually gonna get both.
I am not pleased that someone / editor removed all of the prior comments from this post……
However, I am happy it has led to a passionate conversation, and all of the “down arrows” my comments elicited !
Is there a record ? Have I beaten RDQ ?
I now see the original post lower down on the Forum home page. Why was a new thread created ?
Because you created it I assume.
re RDQ’s “down arrows” —> My 1 cent :
Rather than being lost in the middle of a prior post, I thought I would put this more front and center given: