Bring Back the "-1" rating

[Darnell 8,478]

yup - minus one in the actual immigration forums and subforums.

You contributed to the Undead! If VJ falls to the zombie hoard its your fault. Oh wait, I added one too to make a point..........

Undeads is Cool.

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

yup - minus one in the actual immigration forums and subforums.

Agreed.

[mr and mrs 187]

ooh. -1. that would keep me from making snarky comments as often as i do. i agree that it would be best to avoid the OT forums. those are a free-for-all.

any chance of this ever happening?

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

I saw if you don't have the mental capability to make a dissenting post, then you probably shouldn't be giving a "-1" either.

After all, it turns into a -1 flame fest for some people who cannot comprehend what they are reading.

The whole "-1" thing is a chickenshit way out of publicly voicing your opinion to have it be criticized just the same.

+1

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

To make it clear, having a -1 for the upper forums is useful because 1) someone may provide poor advice; 2) people want to point out that it's poor advice; 3) people don't want to read 15 posts saying "That's wrong!". It opens up an avenue for flamefests to occur. It's a simple way of flagging poor advice.

I think we all agree that the -1 is not appropriate for the lower forums. The necropost from above was from when the debate included having the -1 in OT and P&R. This is not a controversial issue.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

To make it clear, having a -1 for the upper forums is useful because 1) someone may provide poor advice; 2) people want to point out that it's poor advice; 3) people don't want to read 15 posts saying "That's wrong!". It opens up an avenue for flamefests to occur. It's a simple way of flagging poor advice.

I think we all agree that the -1 is not appropriate for the lower forums. The necropost from above was from when the debate included having the -1 in OT and P&R. This is not a controversial issue.

Most people including myself don't even look at the bottom corner of that post for that idiotic +1. If someone gives bad advice, instead of taking the time to rate it, quote that post in the thread pointing it out that they screwed up and gave bad advice.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Most people including myself don't even look at the bottom corner of that post for that idiotic +1. If someone gives bad advice, instead of taking the time to rate it, quote that post in the thread pointing it out that they screwed up and gave bad advice.

[Rebecca Jo 1,962]

We should be able to give a Minus One to ####### posting like this:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/340062-my-petitioner-doesnt-pay-taxeswill-this-be-an-issue/page__view__findpost__p__5024315

[IR5FORMUMSIE 850]

We should be able to give a Minus One to ####### posting like this:

http://www.visajourn...ost__p__5024315

+10 for badmouthing Americans? Nice to know that Master racebaoting is alive and well. Brother from another planet, indeed.

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

-1 for disappearing threads.

[Rebecca Jo 1,962]

An oldie but a goodie.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

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Edited March 25, 2012 by ☼

[luckytxn 2,264]

Must be some brain dead people to resurrect this crappiest of threads.

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

It's still an ongoing issue. I think the most valid arena for bringing it back is the upper fora, and to keep it out of the lower ones. Put a cap on -1s at, say, 2 or 3 a day. It should be used ONLY to show where information given out is poor, wrong or invalid.

[luckytxn 2,264]

It's still an ongoing issue. I think the most valid arena for bringing it back is the upper fora, and to keep it out of the lower ones. Put a cap on -1s at, say, 2 or 3 a day. It should be used ONLY to show where information given out is poor, wrong or invalid.

No ongoing issue at all. It was considered and rejected. Time to move on and admit defeat.