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Slappp_x
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Hi TTG, I'm not sure if any of you have noticed this but the vast majority of the TTG community somehow 'abuses' the voting system. The whole point of the voting system is to upvote comments that provide a good point that contributes to the conversation and a downvote is when the user is not contributing in a good manner. For example the user may have commented purely to troll or to provoke argument. However many people just downvote as they don't agree with the comment as the user may have a different view to them. If you don't listen to others views and you only disregard them how are you going to see the whole story?

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I upvote and downvote when it is correct to do so, a lot of people abuse the system because they are not friends or want to 'troll', it is completely pointless and time wasting...
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this is how i see it

Useful or helpful = no vote or thumbs down

Funny or pointless = thumbs up
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I downvote for pointless and unhelpful posts and I upvote for helpful posts. I do have to admit that I use the upvote button for a 'like' button sometimes though.
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USG wrote I downvote for pointless and unhelpful posts and I upvote for helpful posts. I do have to admit that I use the upvote button for a 'like' button sometimes though.
Many people do use it as a like/dislike button. At least TTG doesn't have a system like Youtube where the comments are moderated by the community. So many people on Youtube report comments as spam just because the user is arguing the opposite side to their views. It's so stupid.
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Helpful post get a thumbs up
Funny post gets a thumbs up
Ignorant posts get a thumbs down
Annoying posts get a thumbs down
And
Posts from Famous_Energy? Those get thumbs down too :trollin:
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Slappp_x wrote
USG wrote I downvote for pointless and unhelpful posts and I upvote for helpful posts. I do have to admit that I use the upvote button for a 'like' button sometimes though.
Many people do use it as a like/dislike button. At least TTG doesn't have a system like Youtube where the comments are moderated by the community. So many people on Youtube report comments as spam just because the user is arguing the opposite side to their views. It's so stupid.
I don't use the downvote button for disliking posts. Only the upvote button for liking. I do agree though; I've received numerous 'unuseful posts' to posts I consider to have been beneficial.
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