Paul, could you please close this thread for me? Thanks. And sorry for waking up the trolls; that was never my intention.
skane2600
<blockquote><a href="#291993"><em>In reply to FalseAgent:</em></a></blockquote><p>A down-vote is more like the freedom of non-expression :)</p>
skane2600
<blockquote><a href="#291994"><em>In reply to hrlngrv:</em></a></blockquote><p>If you agree with something there's no argument to make, but if you disagree, there is. That's the primary difference. The T-ball analogy would make sense if Paul's site up-voted all posts automatically, but that's not the case.</p>
skane2600
<blockquote><a href="#292070"><em>In reply to hrlngrv:</em></a></blockquote><p>"Rhetorical overstatement."</p><p>A euphemism for "I was wrong".</p><p><br></p><p>BTW, nobody here wants or needs you to protect them from being infantilized.</p>
skane2600
<blockquote><a href="#292422"><em>In reply to hrlngrv:</em></a></blockquote><p>I don't know you personally, but my sense is that while sometimes your logic is faulty (as is the case for all of us), you don't deliberately intend to lie. </p>
skane2600
<blockquote><a href="#292746"><em>In reply to hrlngrv:</em></a></blockquote><p>"Pedantic untruths serve rhetorical purposes."</p><p><br></p><p>Maybe in poetry and unfortunately very often in politics, but not in a technical discussion if you want to be taken seriously.</p>
skane2600
<blockquote><a href="#292078"><em>In reply to hrlngrv:</em></a></blockquote><p>Insults are self-commenting. They don't require a down-vote to be recognized as such.</p>
PeterC
<p>I always thought an agree or disagree button would be more fun. I know it’s not much different than upvoting downvoting but to me we live our everyday lives agreeing/disagreeing with stuff and disagreeing prompts an internal question “why?” I’ve no problem with anyone disagreeing with me and posting their points. It’s what creates debate and learning. </p><p><br></p><p>Maybe make the up/down vote button only work if you submit a response. Oh and rename it agree/disagree.</p>