Should you DOWNVOTE every single post?? Yea, probably!!!!

[Liverpool Lou]

10 hours ago, Lacessit said:

Downvotes seem to be mostly used by spiteful haters.

Really?  How could you know that as there are no identifications of the voters!

[Liverpool Lou]

8 hours ago, Lacessit said:

8 hours ago, DezLez said:

How do you know that as their Identity is not shown now.

I know because they are downvoting posts of mine that either state facts that are unpalatable to them, or are non-controversial.

No, you cannot know who they are!

[richard_smith237]

23 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

9 hours ago, Lacessit said:

9 hours ago, DezLez said:

How do you know that as their Identity is not shown now.

I know because they are downvoting posts of mine that either state facts that are unpalatable to them, or are non-controversial.

No, you cannot know who they are!

 

While its impossible to be sure, we can 'guess based on the arrival in a thread of a person with whom past conflicts have existed, then a sudden 'thrash' of down-thumb emoji's appear...  (*before it was the confused or laughing emoji).... 

 

So.. It is possible to guess who the down vote might be from once patters are established, but that can obviously be wrong - though a pattern is a pattern and its often a good indication.

 

I see some people post perfectly sensible and helpful comments receiving 'thumb-down' emoji's its clear that response has nothing to do with their comment and everything to do with a personal conflict...    

 

I've seen the pattern in response to my comments once certain posters 'appear'...  and I've seen it with other posters, when it becomes clear that someone has some childish agenda....  

 

So.. you are right, we cannot know for sure who they (down voters) are, we can make an informed guess... 

 

IMO - it was far better when we could see who liked or disliked a post...   at least to slowed down the dumb trolls hiding behind anonymity when hey are already anonymous - but then we'd just get the 'tit for tat' behaviour...   and I see that already in someone 'arguing a post' not for its content, but just because a certain poster made a comment... 

 

 

 

[Mike_Hunt]

6 hours ago, Lacessit said:

The opinions of morons don't interest me.

Yes, the charming personality. 

[Lacessit]

3 hours ago, Mike_Hunt said:

Yes, the charming personality. 

Look who's talking, with your nom-de-plume.

[Lacessit]

4 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

 

 

I see some people post perfectly sensible and helpful comments receiving 'thumb-down' emoji's its clear that response has nothing to do with their comment and everything to do with a personal conflict...    

 

I've seen the pattern in response to my comments once certain posters 'appear'...  and I've seen it with other posters, when it becomes clear that someone has some childish agenda....  

 

 

 

 

 

Exactly.

[Lacessit]

6 hours ago, BangkokReady said:

 

What he means is, he's going to pretend that those you use "downvotes" are haters, then he doesn't have to face reality.

"those you use"?

[Lacessit]

12 hours ago, DezLez said:

Then why make moronic posts?

They seem moronic to you because you lack the brain cells to understand them.

[Yagoda]

I view down votes as a badge of honour applauding me and as a way to determine the existence of haters.

 

Thus if I post:

 

Jews have more science Nobel prizes per capita than other ethnicities and I get down votes, well I just smoked out a bunch.

 

Same with comments like Trump has closed the border, or Sex cant be changed with a snap of the fingers. Its like a daily reality check.

[Yagoda]

8 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

see some people post perfectly sensible and helpful comments receiving 'thumb-down' emoji's its clear that response has nothing to do with their comment and everything to do with a personal conflict...    

 

I've seen the pattern in response to my comments once certain posters 'appear'...  and I've seen it with other posters, when it becomes clear that someone has some childish agenda....  

 

So.. you are right, we cannot know for sure who they (down voters) are, we can make an informed guess... 

Au contraire. There is a group here who commincate outside the Board in emoji coordinating.

 

That being said, look at the topic I just started on Cambodia

[jerrymahoney]

I like the old days on here when you could not post an anonymous negative emoji.

[Gottfrid]

17 hours ago, Hummin said:

We know for fact there is quite a few mental cases out of the expats here in Thailand. More than on average from what Im used to, and I come from an quite extreme environment in extreme sport, where more than 23% of all athletes I meet personally, is dead by now, and thats not by age. 

 

Cowardly and spineless no matter reason

 

Just to give a number as reference 300 athletes I maybe met irl, 69 is now dead in 37 years. Then I didnt count other activities, climbing, skydiving, offpist, motor racing or suicides outside sport. 

 

Close to mor more than 100, not sure

Seems like you are drawing lines and connections between mental cases and people doing extreme sports. Interesting! How do you feel about yourself?

[jas007]

49 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

I view down votes as a badge of honour applauding me and as a way to determine the existence of haters.

 

Thus if I post:

 

Jews have more science Nobel prizes per capita than other ethnicities and I get down votes, well I just smoked out a bunch.

 

Same with comments like Trump has closed the border, or Sex cant be changed with a snap of the fingers. Its like a daily reality check.

Don't forget the Neanderthals who probably can't string two sentences together and are incapable of making any kind of cogent contribution. One seems to follow me around and downvotes everything I post, the others post the laughing emoji. They must be on here almost 24 hours a day.  In any event, when I post something that's absolutely true, it still happens.  They do nothing but demonstrate their own stupidity, so it's kind of funny. 

[Hummin]

14 minutes ago, Gottfrid said:

Seems like you are drawing lines and connections between mental cases and people doing extreme sports. Interesting! How do you feel about yourself?

To be willing to die for a few seconds of thrill, you cant be completely sane or have an insane drive to accomplish your dreams? 

 

There is mechanisms that draw people to extreme things and actions. Some a bit more conscious about their actions than others of ourse.

 

Are you in doubt Thailand attracts people with mental health problems, and I'm wrong? 

 

How I see myself? I'm normal and everyone else is crazy of course 

 

 

[bubblegum]

17 hours ago, Hummin said:

We know for fact there is quite a few mental cases out of the expats here in Thailand. More than on average from what Im used to, and I come from an quite extreme environment in extreme sport, where more than 23% of all athletes I meet personally, is dead by now, and thats not by age. 

 

Cowardly and spineless no matter reason

 

Just to give a number as reference 300 athletes I maybe met irl, 69 is now dead in 37 years. Then I didnt count other activities, climbing, skydiving, offpist, motor racing or suicides outside sport. 

 

Close to mor more than 100, not sure

What sport?

[Gottfrid]

2 minutes ago, Hummin said:

How I see myself? I'm normal and everyone else is crazy of course 

I love that one. 😂😂

Seriously, good answer. You might be sane after all 😉 

[Hummin]

Just now, Gottfrid said:

I love that one. 😂😂

Seriously, good answer. You might be sane after all 😉 

😁😉

[josephbloggs]

3 hours ago, Yagoda said:

Au contraire. There is a group here who commincate outside the Board in emoji coordinating.

That is extreme paranoia.

[Yagoda]

2 minutes ago, josephbloggs said:

That is extreme paranoia.

OK LOL

[Hummin]

2 hours ago, bubblegum said:

What sport?

Base jumping

[josephbloggs]

6 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

OK LOL

You honestly think people have set up communication groups outside of AN to discuss and plan emoji planting? And you don't think believing that is paranoid?

They are little icons, made up of pixels. People need to get over them.

[Yagoda]

25 minutes ago, josephbloggs said:

ou honestly think people have set up communication groups outside of AN to discuss and plan emoji planting?

Well unless my source is pulling my leg, but I have checked the names so....

 

 

[josephbloggs]

44 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Well unless my source is pulling my leg, but I have checked the names so....

 

 

"My source". This is not a murder investigation. You sound absolutely ridiculous.

Again, they are little icons, made up of pixels. Get over yourself.

 

[Mike_Hunt]

9 hours ago, Lacessit said:

Look who's talking, with your nom-de-plume.

There you go again. 

[Mike_Hunt]

[saintdomingo]

On 6/7/2025 at 2:27 PM, josephbloggs said:

Just what we needed - another whiny emoji thread. God help us. "that moans about other whiny threads and posters".