They're supposed to signify a bad answer, right? It really annoys me when people give a thumbs down for an answer they personally don't agree with, rather than just for an actually bad answer.
Example: I just answered a question, "Do you believe in God?" The two people who said they didn't both got a thumbs down. Now this doesn't make sense. They answered the question truthfully and therefore gave a good answer, right? After all, "Yes" isn't the only possible answer. But they still got a thumbs down each. Now I'm a Christian myself, but that doesn't mean that I'm going to attack a person just for saying THEY don't happen to believe in God. Giving them a thumbs down isn't going to make them say "Gee, maybe I was wrong.. God must exist after all!" More likely, it'll just annoy them and further estrange them from any person who does believe in God, because we'll come across as judgemental and hateful.
This is just one example of misused thumbs down.. anyone else agree with me?
2007-07-20
07:13:34
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