The Lions' Pride

A third person in agreement. This is a message board, not a popularity contest and those who post non Kool Aide things sometimes get slammed in the popularity star contest. I'd rather that we just ID the number of posts each member has and that is all. I see this area on other sites and how it becomes a dysfunctional way for lurkers to punish a poster who has a view differing from their own.

We all have differing views hence the message board. As long as no one gets personal and takes shots at another poster I'm pretty much OK with the rest.

All in all this is a great site with a wide range of opinion, expertise and commentary, a healthy board!!!! Great site Sean.

I get "-1" because I said I didn't enjoy Gameday...

agree diddy. It's not needed IMO.

Haha, I got a "-1" for that one. How did I know that was coming?

Let me just reiterate that I absolutely love this site. It is so refreshing from the other options on the marketplace, with which we are all familiarized. I just see that feature as a potential cause for the same types of personal squabbles and assorted nonsense which make the other sites unreadable. I just don't want that here. I love what this site represents, and I guess I'm being slightly protective of it.

Again, sorry for the ranting. Just trying to present an honest opinion of something which can help preserve the alternative atmosphere that is lions247.

I earned it because I said I didn't like Gameday...? That would be like saying "I don't like tacos", and giving me a -1 because of it. That's stupid.

Tee hee hee

I definitely understand what people are saying, and I have to agree for the most part.

However, the "up" and "down" voting system is similar to a system that I enjoy very much on another board: reputation. It's a little different than this, as people who don't have much reputation can't do much to affect other people's, while posters who have a lot of reputation can seriously influence other people's (whether positive or negative).

When it comes to people who post on here, if you are familiar enough with the board and the various posters, you'll come to know who is good and who isn't.

My thought is that the "up" and "down" votes will become important mainly as these boards become more and more popular, and trolls start appearing. If a guy has a 10% rating, it's obvious that it's probably better to ignore him than reply.

Sean, out of curiosity, are there any restrictions planned for people if their rating gets below a certain amount? Are there limitations on the number of up or down votes you can give to one person in a time period? With the other site that I mentioned before, you have to "spread" reputation among other people before you can give it to the same person again.

Again, it's just some thoughts. I don't think "rating" is a good way of using the system, because someone might be a good poster, they just express their opinion more than others and thus get deducted by people who aren't in agreement. I also don't agree with people who use a "down" vote simply because they disagree with someone. Nobody's going to entirely agree with another person on a message board, that's just the facts of life (well, one of the lesser ones).

I actually love tacos.

I honestly know very little of the rating system. Though I do try to give out some +1 ratings, it's really not one of the things I pay much attention to on the site... although I do have a 100 rating..

Yes, that is one of our smilies.

I just laughed out loud. After posting on this subject my rating was lowered for the first time proving my original point. It happens on every site that has ratings. People are people and when you can hide on a site like this the internet muscles emerge.

I think a much more enjoyable ratings system would be...everyone starts as a 1*. You can only give +1's to other posts. A poster hits 25 "+1"s, he's a 2*. 50, he's a 3*. 75, he's a 4*. 100, he's a 5*. Then, we cut out the strange random "-1" posts and people are in competition to create both quanity and quality posts worthy of a +1.

IMO, no one should get "downgraded" for expressing their opinion. But everyone should get rewarded for quality. Then "elite" status is garnered by generating the greatest quantity of quality.