Originally Posted by Mary2e
To have the feature abused by a few people on FT, as it was, makes the entire system worthless.
Last time I checked, there were 78,000 members of FT. Even if 90% of them came and went and are not coming back or are actually duplicate accounts, that is 7800 individuals. For twelve people (5 or 6 who don't like 5 or 6), 7788 have to not have access to functionality?
BTW, the thread rating is still on, you just can't see the results. Yesterday, I voted this thread "excellent," FWIW, because the discussion was still civil.
Originally Posted by Mary2e
I don't have any skin in this game either, but since I was moderately involved in discovering the abuse, I'm adding my two cents now.
I couldn't give a **** about the twelve people involved. I don't think either one of us was one of them.
Unfortunately, it's probably against the TOS for me to publish my ignore list.... I'd like to be able to have that ability. My list is actually very small, only because there are a few posters that I should put on ignore but they amuse me with their self-indulgent behavior (hey, look at me, I have a marginal thought and I
demand that you pay attention!
) so much that I still glance at their posts. But I'd probably rate at least 70% of their comments as 2-star at best.
But, I know of at least one prominent FTer who did not realize that (s)he was being a horse's patootey when posting until told quite frankly in person by multiple people, and has changed posting habits in a positive manner. Maybe a rating system would have gotten the message across much sooner. That's why I'd like to see an intelligent system implemented.