[RUEZ]

romanP wrote:

Or because they're afraid people might discuss the issue.

Voting down a news article can't prevent you from discussing something in the forum. If it's important to you just start a thread about it.

[romanP]

RUEZ wrote:

WDHIII wrote:

Well maybe but when someone goes to great lengths to add input to the site and some 12 year old votes them down not because of content (and this has NOTHING to do with "party lines") but because of WHO posted them.........

Pathetic.

How does anyone know why someone voted their story down?

It's pretty obvious if you pay any attention to what's been said in previous threads on the same topic.

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And does it really matter?

If it didn't matter, nobody would bother posting.

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If a story is good and stands on it's own people are going to read it despite the number of votes beside the title.

Not if it gets voted down to the Dropped pile before too many people know it's even there because the people voting it down don't like the subject matter, nevermind the merit of discussing it. I've seen it happen, and you were an involved party.

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I ask again, what harm is having a voting system?

Says the person that abuses it.

I originally voted no for the poll, but I realise now I should have voted yes.

[RUEZ]

romanP wrote:

RUEZ wrote:

WDHIII wrote:

Well maybe but when someone goes to great lengths to add input to the site and some 12 year old votes them down not because of content (and this has NOTHING to do with "party lines") but because of WHO posted them.........

Pathetic.

How does anyone know why someone voted their story down?

It's pretty obvious if you pay any attention to what's been said in previous threads on the same topic.

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And does it really matter?

If it didn't matter, nobody would bother posting.

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If a story is good and stands on it's own people are going to read it despite the number of votes beside the title.

Not if it gets voted down to the Dropped pile before too many people know it's even there because the people voting it down don't like the subject matter, nevermind the merit of discussing it. I've seen it happen, and you were an involved party.

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I ask again, what harm is having a voting system?

Says the person that abuses it.

I originally voted no for the poll, but I realise now I should have voted yes.

Damn rights I've voted your news articles down. Boo Hoo, that's what it's there for. I vote down stories I don't like, just as I've had stories voted down. If you can't handle it don't post news. Why do people take this crap so seriously?