1 hour ago, Ben Zioner said:

Disagreement should always be a bit more elaborate.

Why?

Does it never happen to you that you listen to someone or read something and you disagree completely? And you know that it would be useless to say or write to that person to change their mind. Then it's easy to just click on sad or maybe confused to show to others that what was written is incorrect.

 

I.e. with some people and some politicians. People just don't want to listen to facts. There is no point in even trying to explain things to them.

 

1 hour ago, stoner said:

 

ever considered that many just do not like you or your posts ? 

Thats a Bingo

1 hour ago, WhatMeWorry said:

Maybe so, but I am not worried about it.

I am !! it's a slippery slope leading to societal degradation or worst 

The space between Confusion emojis and cannibalism is not that great

Wake up people!!

 

1 hour ago, Will B Good said:

Had to laugh.....accusing members of being stupid then posting that sentence as a headline.......555

Being a bad spellor doesn't mean a person is stupid it means they are a bad spellar.

My first language is not English but Australian so have pitty.

13 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

So what should I click if the message has 3 sentences and I understand one of them and the other two are confusing? ;) 

You would have to post an actual reply.

 

30 minutes ago, Mike Lister said:

I don't make policy and there is no desire to change it

 

do you have a link for this claim ? also desire from whom ? 

1 minute ago, carlyai said:

Being a bad spellor doesn't mean a person is stupid it means they are a bad spellar.

My first language is not English but Australian so have pitty.

Love it, very witty.

 

Interesting to learn that correction of English learned in second or third year of elementary school is considered "nit-picking grammar" by some here.  

Problem is that grievous errors in English hurt the ears of those of us who learned a bit at school.

Even hurts the ears when read silently.

1 minute ago, cdemundo said:

Interesting to learn that correction of English learned in second or third year of elementary school is considered "nit-picking grammar" by some here.  

Problem is that grievous errors in English hurt the ears of those of us who learned a bit at school.

Even hurts the ears when read silently.

I was going to click the I Agree, or Thanks or Love it emoji.. but all three applied, so here's a proper answer. 

4 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Why?

Does it never happen to you that you listen to someone or read something and you disagree completely? And you know that it would be useless to say or write to that person to change their mind. Then it's easy to just click on sad or maybe confused to show to others that what was written is incorrect.

 

I.e. with some people and some politicians. People just don't want to listen to facts. There is no point in even trying to explain things to them.

 

If members are forced to articulate [in a civilised fashion] their differing opinions you'd get an animated debate, which is what a forum like this one should be thriving from. Throwing in negative emoticons just goes against that by spreading sterile bitterness.

1 minute ago, cdemundo said:

Interesting to learn that correction of English learned in second or third year of elementary school is considered "nit-picking grammar" by some here.  

Problem is that grievous errors in English hurt the ears of those of us who learned a bit at school.

Even hurts the ears when read silently.

You should have paid better attention

Only learning a bit  at school can have negative consequences that can carry through your whole life. 

21 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

 

 

 

I am a New England boy, through and through...

 

Who and Whom, and when to use each?

This is not so easy, since one is constantly bombarded by improper usage on Social Media...

https://www.grammarly.com/blog/who-vs-whom-its-not-as-complicated-as-you-might-think/

 

 

Yes...

Thank you for the correction!

Sloppy writing is becoming a bad habit of mine which...

Needs correcting...not to mention...

Constant vigilance.

 

 

 

Others are linguistically challenged.

2 minutes ago, stoner said:

 

do you have a link for this claim ? also desire from whom ? 

It was put to a forum vote quite some time ago, perhaps other mods or admin staff can spend lots of their time proving this to you, I regret I cannot.

The forum should either open them up to see who is ranking your post, or do away with them, except tick maybe, someone is always confused at my posts whatever I say, obviously someone I have upset in the past.

 

 

2 hours ago, ezzra said:

are they really that hard on understanding a simple posts

Duh...

6 minutes ago, Seppius said:

someone I have upset in the past

 

Keep calm...and...

Carry on!

 

15 minutes ago, carlyai said:

Being a bad spellor doesn't mean a person is stupid it means they are a bad spellar.

My first language is not English but Australian so have pitty.

 

And the inability to use spell check? OK--just ignorant, perhaps explaining the many confused emjojis. A post based on ignorance is often a confusing post.

5 minutes ago, Seppius said:

The forum should either open them up to see who is ranking your post, or do away with them, except tick maybe, someone is always confused at my posts whatever I say, obviously someone I have upset in the past.

 

 

The behaviour you refer to is , in my opinion just plain childish ,  Emojis and or comments should reflect only the content of the specific post they are directed at and not the person who wrote it.  

I can go at it hammer and tongs with anybody regarding the debate of a specific subject.  but can also find myself in total agreement with the same person regarding other matters and always comment in line with this. 

Although I never bear grudges there are a few on here, less than half a dozen,  with whom I find it impossible to find any common ground  whatsoever.  I imagine most members share a similar  experience and probably  in regard to the same half dozen posters  

 

1 hour ago, BigStar said:

 

Something to be said for that, esp. when you get a lot of likes.

 

However, most posters are too immature to accept a negative emoji and take it personally. Often leads to emoji stalking--which we still have, but much less. Hence the anonymity is on balance a good thing.

 

In the OP's case, people just often disagree with his little cynical, stereotypical observations.

 

I disagree, I want to know the user name behind the emojis .

Im fed up with “Somebody reacted to a post”.

1 hour ago, Ben Zioner said:

Disagreement should always be a bit more elaborate.

 

Too often leads to useless time-wasting and endless bickering. No member here has ever changed his mind about anything. What he knows, he knows absolutely. So, if you can't think of a good laugh, or a correction of fact, hit the emoji. 

 

26 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

Love it, very witty.

 

Very imyelligemt.

8 minutes ago, riclag said:

I disagree, I want to know the user name behind the emojis .

Im fed up with “Somebody reacted to a post”.

 

Yes, you do. And looks like you gon' stay fed up.

 

I rather like the reddit system of simple ups and downs. Here, you could filter out the ones getting the most up votes. :) 

2 hours ago, ezzra said:

Judging from the many "Confused" emojis that have been showing lately in many posts, i have come to think that many members here

are  bewildered, perplexed and plain Not with it when it comes to  many topics, is this out of spite or just the mental quality of the people

reading posts here, and yeah, i expect tones of those Confused and sad emojis to this post.. don't disappoint me guys...

Judging from the content of this thread , I would say that sad emojis are not the only indication  of the intelligence level of the current clientele of this forum. LOL

17 of them consider it witty to respond with a confused emoji 

Hardy-har-har

 

22 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

 

I am a New England boy, through and through...

 

Who and Whom, and when to use each?

This is not so easy, since one is constantly bombarded by improper usage on Social Media...

https://www.grammarly.com/blog/who-vs-whom-its-not-as-complicated-as-you-might-think/

 

 

Yes...

Thank you for the correction!

Sloppy writing is becoming a bad habit of mine which...

Needs correcting...not to mention...

Constant vigilance.

 

 

 

Me to , Im originally from Massachusetts ! You?

3 minutes ago, BigStar said:

 

Too often leads to useless time-wasting and endless bickering. No member here has ever changed his mind about anything. What he knows, he knows absolutely. So, if you can't think of a good laugh, or a correction of fact, hit the emoji. 

 

And why not just abstain?

29 minutes ago, cdemundo said:

Interesting to learn that correction of English learned in second or third year of elementary school is considered "nit-picking grammar" by some here.  

Problem is that grievous errors in English hurt the ears of those of us who learned a bit at school.

Even hurts the ears when read silently.

Some people speak more then one language and it is easy to get confused with the grammar

part of it.

How many languages do you speak?

1 minute ago, riclag said:

Me to , Im originally from Massachusetts ! You?

 

Mass.

The greatest state in the union....

Boston Tea Party...etc.

 

2 minutes ago, sirineou said:

Judging from the content of this thread , I would say that sad emojis are not the only indication  of the intelligence level of the current clientele of this forum. LOL

17 of them consider it witty to respond with a confused emoji 

Hardy-har-har

 

 

Emojis-R-Us!

1 minute ago, riclag said:

I disagree, I want to know the user name behind the emojis .

Im fed up with “Somebody reacted to a post”.

I much prefer to know the identity of all emoji posters, as it enables me, if I so wish to make a targeted response,  either positive or negative..  Ie if somebody is confused I may attempt to explain things to them a little better. If an anonymous person is expressing themselves its hardly worth worrying about