Hey...if we have a 'recommend" Feature why not a "boo hiss" feature too

[Perky]

I am sure I would get my share as well but some OPs just want to make you spit. So how about voicing your displeasure the same way you voice your pleasure with an OP: Click the "Boo Hiss" button?

It might save everyone some energy on rant fests or mindless arguments about whether Tony Snow lied when he said it was 130 Degrees in Baghdad or shooting coyotes in Golden Cate Park?


If you like the idea please hit recommend and givr it a kick" If you don't....welll umm errr.. sorry.

[ComerPerro]

1. its already petty and childish enough

[bryant69]

4. Too much is never enough.

Anyway I fully support this idea.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[ComerPerro]

7. actually

come to think of it, seeing an approve/disapprove count on threads would be fascinating

[InsultComicDog]

23. Boo Hiss

[Perky]

24. cute....

but thanks for the kick...lol

[eleny]

2. Hiding the thread is the remedy in place

[xultar]

3. I agree but I think it needs to be full thread including replies. Not just the OP.

Hope that clears it up.

[Perky]

5. is't that the way Recommend is now?

You can't recommend a response.

[xultar]

11. I'm saying we need the feature on the replies too...full thread including replies. Not just the OP.

[Perky]

14. Gotcha

the problem is that only the OP subject appears at the forum level.

So you are saying once you are in the thread....You want a recoomend/not unrecommned column.

[Richard Steele]

6. It's been tried other places; it generally ends badly.

The "recommend/ignore/alert" combo seems to be the
most WORKABLE solution anyone has developed so far.

[Perky]

9. Yeeah bu the function dopes nothing beyong what the recommend function does.

Although a "hall of shame" page to match the Greatest page would be an interesting concept.

[Richardo]

8. I love this idea. At least show us how many 'hide threads' are on it.

That would suffice, and more people would use 'hide thread', which would lower EVERYBODY'S blood pressure.

[meegbear]

10. I give a subject of "BOOOOOO!" and then ...

:thumbsdown:

[mikelgb]

12. yeah i have wanted to do that

and there should be a page similar to the greatest with all the most hated

[aquart]

13. Childish? Petty? I like it!

The only trouble is figuring out exactly what one is boo hissing about.

[Perky]

16. same problem exist with recommend though

I recoommned may be three times a day.....but there are others I would recommnd if there were not for some specious arguments. even if I agree with the conclusions.

[Forkboy]

15. I'd rather we had a "Pelt with rocks and garbage" feature.

[Perky]

17. "grab the pitchforks, ropes and torches" would work for me.

[Wiley50]

18. If You Can't Say Something Nice About a Thread, Just Don't Say Anything At All

and it will sink beneath the page

[ThomWV]

19. It is good to be told that one is full of shit from time to time

Good thing.

[Perky]

20. And you should be able to recommend your own thread

[Rosemary2205]

21. I mentioned this the other day

The comments pointed out the end result could range from us ending up "the gongshow" where everyone is seeking negative attention (which would be bad) or it could actually cut down on "fan clubs" where certain posters and their fans habitually shoot every post off certain keyboards to the greatest whether they deserve it or not.


I think it would be interesting to be able to UN recommend but not go below 0 recommends.


And yeah, I've laid a few eggs myself - more than one well meaning post would have ended up with minus 100 recommends LOL. :)

[Perky]

22. Do you have a link?

[Rosemary2205]

25. Found it

Thank goodness for search!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=1336077

:)

[Perky]

33. Interesting stuff

I suspect it easier to give somebody a thumbs down here then it is a thumbs up... Maybe if you limited the number of thumbs up or down in a 24 hour period. it might curb some of the potential abuse.


I am just looking for a way top voice dispeasure withoug bicking up a mud bomb myself.

[2008]

26. Because it would be abused

I've thought of similar ideas, like an 'un-recommend' feature, but I suspect such a thing would often turn into the message board equivalent of a cafeteria food fight.

[Perky]

27. L:ike we don't have that on an hourly basis already?

[2008]

29. We do

but at least the staff isn't poking their heads into the cafeteria and yelling "more, harder!"

I feel we have enough (sometimes too much) pettiness here at DU, and adding such a weapon (a boo/hiss feature) would only add to it

[TygrBright]

28. Already exists. It's called "hide thread." n/t

[TheWraith]

30. Agreed.

As it stands, a small number of people can get a thread on the Greatest page, no matter what kind of ridiculous claptrap it may be.

[Blue_Tires]

31. i've always been in favor of a "karma/rep"

counter for posters as i've seen on other forums...the idea was bounced around here a couple of times and went flat

[Katherine Brengle]

32. boo hiss

Just kidding. I agree with you :D.

Positive/negative rep points system maybe?