Does anybody else think R&S needs to add a "worst answer" choice?

Question

Isn't there always one that you'd just love to be able to deduct 10 points from, plus all the thumbs down.

I had one in mind. One guy basically was telling us we should not give anything to people who are starving because there are enough people in the world anyhow. I would gladly have given that compassionate soul "worst answer."

Answer 1

I'd love it but it wouldn't work. It would be abused. I would also like a way to rate the worst questions. Also an impossiability because it would be abused so I'll just have to continue to call my wife and children in to read the worst questions and answers and we just laugh at the ignorance in private.

Answer 2

Dear CMW,

It might be a tempting thought but the more I think about it the more I don't think that is a good idea.

I have observed so many worst answers being picked as "Best Answers" when people with multiple accounts distort the voting. If they distort the Best Answers they will very definitely also distort the Worst Answers. Then we would end up with -

Best = Worst
Worst = Best

How about just adding a comment after the question is Resolved?

For His glory,
JOYfilled

Answer 3

I see no point in having that choice as it is hard enough sometimes to pick a BEST answer. I don't think many of us have the time to sift thru a bunch of bad answers to choose one as the worst.

What I would much sooner see is for someway to split the best answer so those folks who are giving so much time coming in with these correct answers can get credit. Maybe up to 4 or 5 per question.

Answer 4

I know how you feel, but I can see how different groups would abuse it. Besides, it's difficult sometimes to choose "best answer". There could be more than one contender for "worst answer" too. "Thumbs down" is pretty good. It shrinks the answer so you don't have to see it anymore. Of course, a "finger up" would often be more to the point!

Answer 5

Good point, or perhaps a "Not relative to the question" rating.

Not sure about you, but I'd probably get that several times a day....

The bad thing about worst answers, though, is that on R&S it would often go to a person in a different belief system, regardless of the thought that went into their answer.

Answer 6

No, because pretty much all the answers in the R&S section are nothing more than personal attacks on other people's beliefs so it would be pretty hard to pick the worst answer.

Answer 7

Isn't this place bad enough already without people having the power to choose you as worst answer just because they do not like you? this place is like high school sometimes, only worse! Have a blessed day.

Answer 8

Unfortunately people would definitely abuse that. If I disagree with the beliefs of the person posing a question, he could give me a worst answer regardless of how rational and logical my answer.

Answer 9

That's a great idea.

Actually, today I was thinking about the starring system. Most of the times I star a question only to bring it to my friends' attention. I just can't help but think how great it would be to have some other way for starring all those stupid questions; like a tomato or something lol

Answer 10

Yes, actually I'd like that, except for removing 10 points from them. I can't punish someone for tellimg me his honest opinion, no matter how ridiculous that would be. If he is rude I can report him and he's losing 12 points, if he's not rude I have no reason to take him some of his points.