Voting system (thumbs up/down): Good or Bad?
931221
bad idea\nit often confuses the questioner when seeking for honest answers\nif people who knew an answer to be true gave a thumbs up to help the asker find what they need ... then that would be great\nif people who dont know the answer just left their little button alone .. it would help emensly
782275
It's supposed to be used to rate the quality of the question or the answer, but few people actually use it for its intended purpose. So if someone disagrees with the question or answer, or if they dislike the user, they'll just give them a thumbs down, regardless of the quality of the question or answer.
640549
I agree.  I like it better when the answerer picks the best rather than leaving it to a vote of the one or two people who bother to look at the question once it's in voting.
801685
I agree 100% with you, but lets take it one step further. In libraries and community building machines like automatic teller machines could be placed and from time ballot was printed till 8 o'clock election day you could enter your voting card get paper ballot an envelope vote at your leisure put it into envelope, and with magmatic voting card deposited it to be collected and counted election night. This would end 3 hour time problem. Biggest problem would setting up system to prevent counterfeit collection boxes from being put into system, but with GPA tracking it could be overcome. Primaries could also be done this way if you were allowed to pick you party day you voted.
856289
Family, freedom, fun\n\nWho gave me a thumbs down? Thank you may i have another?
888717
DEPENDS ON THE QUALITY OF THE VOTING MACHINES.\nGOD BLESS
1017627
You can give someone points by giving them "Best Answer" or "Voting" their answer as a thumb's up.
755121
Yeah, you always see that on here. People don't even take into consideration the quality of the answer, a lot of times. That's what annoys me about that system on here; it's interesting to see how many thumbs up or thumbs down you get, but more often than not, it feels like some kind of popularity contest instead of a thing where people are actually judging your answer fairly.
173813
I generally give fives. If I don't like any of the answers I will either put the answers to a vote or I will delete the question.
837844
It is call statistical psychology. If you ask a cross section of 1000 people how they feel about a certain subject, you will be pretty accurate as to the outcome when projected over millions of people. Does it work, I would say yes as long as the polls are not bias. Such as the democratic polls or the repuglican polls. But a independent third party is probably right on the money inside of the level of inaccuracy that is in any poll. I think the biggest failure in the system was the Truman V. Dewey election when it was projected for Dewey to win. As we know it didn't happen.
768186
I'm trying to give more thumbs ups to people because there are too many thumbs downs it seems....
184099
It's fun and better than other discussion boards without a point scoring system. However, I have found that if you stroke the asker's ego, that's the best way to get the most points.\n\nFor all bf/gf problems, if you side with the asker, they'll give you the points.
1052896
As long as the speaker is providing constructive feedback I think it is all good. You do need to watch out for people who do the "I like your idea, but I don't..." this is where they say they like the idea to cushin that they are disagreeing and then do a 180.
897248
The people that are giving you the low ratings tend to view the bible as the be-all, end-all of their existence, and "god" forbid if its not yours.  These are the same people who will support freedom of speech and religion, yet scream and cry persecution when you exercise those rights, but don't agree with them.\n\nHonestly, don't worry about them.  You've come to a site that encourages people to show their knowledge and express their beliefs.  The thumbs up/down ratings don't have any real bearing on anything here.  Sometimes 10 thumbs down are better than 1 thumbs up anyway; controversy is usually a sign that you gave someone something to think about, whether or not they agree with you.
648251
Polls are not a true indicator of the way people really feel about certain issues or problems because they can be directed to any response the person who writes them wishes.  Have you ever seen a poll?  It is really ridiculous.  How about this question:  Do you think President Bush is doing a good job?  A good job doing what?  It is so general it really comes down to whether you like the guy or not, and what political party you belong to.\nIt would be a good idea to have a poll, but it should be written by an independent source not affiliated with the US or middle eastern politics. Good question.
517938
Voting for best answers gives you one point.  Voting doesn't take long and gets you points quickly.  I suggest sorting by the number of answers.  You can do a lot more voting, when reading one or two answers.
897513
Many users give thumbs down to every question except their own, or follow specific users around and give all their answers thumbs downs.\n\nIt's because they are small minded and have nothing better to do with their sad little lives.\n\nFor example\n\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Apoh4bbLh3GDh.j3UoDUNLLsy6IX?qid=20061119042304AA6Mugz\n\nEvery answer is correct yet every answer has a thumbs down\n\nAs for the comment on the asker giving best answer to whoever matches their personal opinions most, yes it is annoying but it is their question so theyare well within their rights to give the points to the best a55kisser around if they want