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  • TheSmartWayTheSmartWay ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    Pls downvote this comment

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  • PharmDawg2054PharmDawg2054 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    I do think that som people accidentally hit the downvote button while trying to hit the up vote button. I have done the same and caught it to change it

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  • TheSmartWayTheSmartWay ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    @12ed said:

    @TheSmartWay said:
    Pls downvote this comment

    Done!!!!!!111

    The king has returned

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  • FirePlugDawgFirePlugDawg ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    Upon further review, and now its 2 pages...

    DV must have originally been set up as a disapprove/do not agree, as in -> no big deal. And the Flag was for serious matters.

    I think that is how it should be used. Now if enough DVs merely shrink the comment down, then so be it. There is a flaw in the logic/human condition if a bunch of DVs gets a poster in trouble. Shouldn't work that way. Only a Flag should bring the wrath of khan on the poster.

    So, everyone, please: LIGHTEN UP, FRANCIS If dire consequences occur as a result of this advice, then I plead guilty of caring, okay? You can charge me with GUILTY OF CARING. And that is all..

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  • donmdonm ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    @georgiaboy said:

    @BrooklynDawg said:

    @donm said:

    @BrooklynDawg said:
    We need guidelines for these down votes. A lot of you are either being sensitive or trolls, but the amount of down votes I see on some is ridicules. I joined the forum because I saw open minded DAWG fans enjoying healthy debates without their egos getting bruised. Now it seems this forum is starting to resemble the other sites in their pettiness. I'm not saying everything should be wrapped in bubble wrap and nobody touches the down vote, but be more objective. Trolls, other fans being extremely negative, and self promotions I feel is all warranted for down votes, flags, and off topics. If we are just debating and we are going back and forth save the down vote. Please don't turn this site into an ego fest. We are here for the DAWGS.

    It's clear, at least to me, that there are a variety of reasons why folks use the DV. I don't belong to any other forums than this one. Do others have a "I disagree with you" button? Maybe the use of the button for various reasons suggests we need various buttons?

    Personally, I use the DV when I believe someone is rude or intentionally hurtful. Calling some one dumb, or an idiot or worse, can get my finger headed toward the DV button. The most recent DV I used was for someone calling someone else a pr!ck. Obviously, my own personal values/morals/ethics come into play here. I don't recall ever using DV to signal simple disagreement with someone's opinion. I do think a study of DV patterns would show they decline once football gets here, at least as long as the Dawgs are winning a lot.

    I try to steer away from the same things, if you can't say something nice... I don't see a disagree button for other sites. I quit them all. But I think should have that feature here. That will stop some of the unnessary mess we deal with. That will leave a lot of people's point average alone, too.

    A grown man, on an internet forum, worried about point averages and dv's.

    WOW!

    How does one find out his point average? > @12ed said:

    @TheSmartWay said:
    Pls downvote this comment

    Done!!!!!!111

    I was blessed to simply be a part of this historic event. Very humbling.

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  • dawgnmsdawgnms mod

    DV's worry me so much.......for each 1 I get I lose an hours sleep each night.....have not been sleeping much lately

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  • BigDawgEatinBigDawgEatin ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    Most irrelevant thread to date. Good lord!

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  • BigDawgEatinBigDawgEatin ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    @BrooklynDawg said:
    We need guidelines for these down votes. A lot of you are either being sensitive or trolls

    , but the amount of down votes I see on some is ridicules. I joined the forum because I saw open minded DAWG fans enjoying healthy debates without their egos getting bruised. Now it seems this forum is starting to resemble the other sites in their pettiness. I'm not saying everything should be wrapped in bubble wrap and nobody touches the down vote, but be more objective. Trolls, other fans being extremely negative, and self promotions I feel is all warranted for down votes, flags, and off topics. If we are just debating and we are going back and forth save the down vote. Please don't turn this site into an ego fest. We are here for the DAWGS.

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  • bmauldinbmauldin ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    @ugaforever said:
    I got caught up in the down voting last year. I think most of those I down voted see that I'm over it. I up vote positive comments now. I apologize for being a **** in the past.

    That's cool of you to say that... this group should be about positivity and only hating on anything in orange.

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  • bmauldinbmauldin ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    @BigDawgEatin said:

    @BrooklynDawg said:
    We need guidelines for these down votes. A lot of you are either being sensitive or trolls

    , but the amount of down votes I see on some is ridicules. I joined the forum because I saw open minded DAWG fans enjoying healthy debates without their egos getting bruised. Now it seems this forum is starting to resemble the other sites in their pettiness. I'm not saying everything should be wrapped in bubble wrap and nobody touches the down vote, but be more objective. Trolls, other fans being extremely negative, and self promotions I feel is all warranted for down votes, flags, and off topics. If we are just debating and we are going back and forth save the down vote. Please don't turn this site into an ego fest. We are here for the DAWGS.

    The only time I typically dv is when someone is being **** or abusive.

    or is a troll from another team... like @jaynole81 or the guy from bama or the tools that come on during USCjr week... or FU week... etc

    OU guys were pretty cool other than one guy talking smack about the big 12 being superior, but he even came back to give us respect
    ND guys were the nicest ever... they gave parking tips and invited everyone to tailgates, lol

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  • bmauldinbmauldin ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    @bmauldin said:

    @BigDawgEatin said:

    @BrooklynDawg said:
    We need guidelines for these down votes. A lot of you are either being sensitive or trolls

    , but the amount of down votes I see on some is ridicules. I joined the forum because I saw open minded DAWG fans enjoying healthy debates without their egos getting bruised. Now it seems this forum is starting to resemble the other sites in their pettiness. I'm not saying everything should be wrapped in bubble wrap and nobody touches the down vote, but be more objective. Trolls, other fans being extremely negative, and self promotions I feel is all warranted for down votes, flags, and off topics. If we are just debating and we are going back and forth save the down vote. Please don't turn this site into an ego fest. We are here for the DAWGS.

    The only time I typically dv is when someone is being **** or abusive.

    or is a troll from another team... like @jaynole81 or the guy from bama or the tools that come on during USCjr week... or FU week... etc

    OU guys were pretty cool other than one guy talking smack about the big 12 being superior, but he even came back to give us respect
    ND guys were the nicest ever... they gave parking tips and invited everyone to tailgates, lol

    Lol... this was either m e a n or something silly

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  • CharlestowneDawgCharlestowneDawg ✭✭✭✭ Senior

    Lots of solutions here...may I suggest: THICKEN YOUR SKIN

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  • CharlestowneDawgCharlestowneDawg ✭✭✭✭ Senior
    edited July 2018
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  • SWARLES_BARKLEYSWARLES_BARKLEY ✭✭✭✭ Senior

    @jgf1031 said:
    I think most of us here upvote something that we agree with. So is it really out of left field if we downvote something we disagree with?

    Personally, I don't use the DV for disagreement. More for someone being a jerk. But that's just because I'm nice lol

    I've never actually seen a forum where downvotes are supposed to be off-limits for just disagreeing. I think it stems from the notion that comments are upvoted or downvoted on merit. That might tend to be true, but it's far from it. So when someone gets a downvote they start coming up with reasons why it's wrong to have downvoted. Honestly, people are gonna disagree, and I don't think a downvote is that mean. It's whatever.

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  • SWARLES_BARKLEYSWARLES_BARKLEY ✭✭✭✭ Senior
    edited July 2018
    • Are there rules about when you should/shouldn't downvote, or are we at an individual level trying to set the standards we measure for everyone else? I personally feel like anyone can downvote for any reason they want. It's just a button.
    • How do you enforce it? There aren't any repercussions to downvoting or incurring downvotes. There's literally no way to get everyone on the same page with how the buttons should be used.
    • The upvote/downvote function, at least the way it's set up on this forum, serves no function other than feeding the positive-reward feedback loop that gets people hooked. People get addicted to the little numbers of likes/upvotes/favorites/etc and keep coming back for more. Once you step out of the hamster wheel and see it for what it is it's much more relaxing and you can just talk sports.
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