Bring Back the "-1" rating

[Pooky 3,829]

He is with A.C.O.R.N.

I am not with ACORN, nor do I nibble them.

[TBoneTX 46,110]

Then get over it or spend more time in the poll section.

There's an excellent, intellectually stimulating poll on Wedgies, or so rumor has it.

[The_Dude 1,142]

There's an excellent, intellectually stimulating poll on Wedgies, or so rumor has it.

No there isn't. None of us is 11 years old anymore.

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

Life isn't all buttercups and rainbows and, by extension, +1s. BRING BACK THE -1!

I feel we need to summon the VJ Army of the Night once more... I'm shaking out my regimental petticoat as we speak and getting ready to go back on campaign. Who's with me? We have a RIGHT to a -1 under the 2A, or so I understand from the constitutional scholars in P&R.

[Pooky 3,829]

Life isn't all buttercups and rainbows and, by extension, +1s. BRING BACK THE -1!

I feel we need to summon the VJ Army of the Night once more... I'm shaking out my regimental petticoat as we speak and getting ready to go back on campaign. Who's with me? We have a RIGHT to a -1 under the 2A, or so I understand from the constitutional scholars in P&R.

Been here all along, Boss, keeping the Army's end up.

[luckytxn 2,265]

Life isn't all buttercups and rainbows and, by extension, +1s. BRING BACK THE -1!

I feel we need to summon the VJ Army of the Night once more... I'm shaking out my regimental petticoat as we speak and getting ready to go back on campaign. Who's with me? We have a RIGHT to a -1 under the 2A, or so I understand from the constitutional scholars in P&R.

I vote no -1.

There's an excellent, intellectually stimulating poll on Wedgies, or so rumor has it.

Saw it but passed it. I have no experience with wedgies, either getting or giving.

[TBoneTX 46,110]

Saw it but passed it. I have no experience with wedgies, either getting or giving.

There is plenty of time for old dogs to learn to lock the barn door while gathering no moss, yes hombre.

[luckytxn 2,265]

There is plenty of time for old dogs to learn to lock the barn door while gathering no moss, yes hombre.

I agree. Also I think that to let sleeping bears lay down with the cute lambs may apply more here though.

[Rebecca Jo 1,962]

I think members need a method by which to communicate their feelings regarding poor, bad, insulting or rude posts made by others. A method other than hitting the "Report" button. Face it, not everything deserves to be reported.

Thus the -1.

Limit the ability of members to go spastic on the -1 if you must. But give us a way to show our "disapproval".

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

I think members need a method by which to communicate their feelings regarding poor, bad, insulting or rude posts made by others. A method other than hitting the "Report" button. Face it, not everything deserves to be reported.

Thus the -1.

Limit the ability of members to go spastic on the -1 if you must. But give us a way to show our "disapproval".

Emoticons don't work?

Kidding.

[The_Dude 1,142]

Emoticons don't work?

Kidding.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

That would work, except that we have been warned off such posts of disapproval in the upper forae as OT antics.

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

I think members need a method by which to communicate their feelings regarding poor, bad, insulting or rude posts made by others. A method other than hitting the "Report" button. Face it, not everything deserves to be reported.

Thus the -1.

Limit the ability of members to go spastic on the -1 if you must. But give us a way to show our "disapproval".

+1 to the -1.

I'd be happy to have this limited to a certain number a day, say, 5. There is overreporting by some people, sure -- I myself try to limit reporting to one or fewer a week. If I've done 20 reports in the 4 years I've been on VJ I'd be shocked. I save them for really egregious stuff, and not because I'm miffed at someone. -1s are an intermediate sign of disapproval, and would free up time for the mods to police what truly needs to be policed.

As has been said over and over here, the regionals and some of the upper fora are a mess. There's some very Not Nice stuff going on in them, and yet they are mostly ignored (barring, of course, the heavy-handed modding of the UK forum last year, which was truly over the top). I've seen some things in certain fora that have made my skin crawl, but I think a lot of these marginally (and not-so-marginally) offensive statements are often brushed aside as being within the "culture" of the sub-forum. If that were the truth for every sub-forum, though, I doubt what happened in the UK sub-forum with excessive modding (Rob -- are you still thread-banned from that thread?) would have occurred.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

I like A.J.'s idea, with some modification. Each member gets one ban vote each month. If a post truly troubles a member, they can expend that one vote after clicking on the member's name.

Edited February 9, 2011 by Some Old Guy

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Then, on the member's profile page, list all who voted to ban that member that month. At the end of the month, if the member survives the mod council, the slate gets wiped clean, and we start the thing over again.