comment and/or voting system getting out of hand

**Fantasticone** · 02-5-2011, 10:41 PM

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Well that's the problem, every vid I see has comments in the negatives.

**bmah** · 02-5-2011, 10:44 PM

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Originally posted by 5.points

I honestly don't see the issue of the voting. It's a good way to filter the shit comments.

No, more like it's a shit way to filter shit comments. The abuse in the voting system is very apparent. Whether you think it matters or not, I still support the "Digg it!" style of voting as Halo and Superfreak has suggested.

**5.points** · 02-5-2011, 11:03 PM

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Originally posted by bmah

No, more like it's a shit way to filter shit comments. The abuse in the voting system is very apparent. Whether you think it matters or not, I still support the "Digg it!" style of voting as Halo and Superfreak has suggested.

I never noticed any "abuse" with the comment voting.

**HammyMcSquirrel** · 02-5-2011, 11:10 PM

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I actually was having a discussion with Velocity and Devonin about comment voting earlier today.

Devonin and I share similar sentiments regarding it. That is, it essentially serves no benefit outside of front page posts. I tried to convince Velocity that a removal or change with it was needed based on what Devonin and I talked about. He didn't agree, so that didn't go anywhere haha.

Originally posted by 5.points

I never noticed any "abuse" with the comment voting.

Comment voting has been abused pretty heavily since day one. Not sure how you can miss people down-voting every comment on a front page post. xD

**bmah** · 02-5-2011, 11:11 PM

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Originally posted by HammyMcSquirrel

Devonin and I share similar sentiments regarding it. That is, it essentially serves no benefit outside of front page posts. I tried to convince Velocity that a removal or change with it was needed based on what Devonin and I talked about. He didn't agree, so that didn't go anywhere haha.

aww, well hopefully, the fact that more people are collectively agreeing will change his mind
-listen to the people-

**cedolad** · 02-5-2011, 11:14 PM

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Childish, childish people.

**5.points** · 02-5-2011, 11:57 PM

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Originally posted by HammyMcSquirrel

Comment voting has been abused pretty heavily since day one. Not sure how you can miss people down-voting every comment on a front page post. xD

The most recent front page posts are the first I've seen something like that. From the looks of it, only about 2-5 people are doing this.

**benguino** · 02-8-2011, 10:06 PM

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However there might be some people that genuinely feel like something should be down-voted. The reason for having both a + and - voting system is to compare the two to get an understanding of the percent of people that like it. But I see how this system has it's negatives as well. Any system of voting will have its pro's and con's.

**MrGiggles** · 02-8-2011, 10:09 PM

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so I'm pretty much beyond confused

what are we talking about? At first I thought youtube, but some of the posts make me think this is an FFR thing.

**justin_ator** · 02-8-2011, 10:14 PM

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FFR comment up or down voting, MrG. The option to give a comment a thumbs up or a thumbs down. It is found on things like profile comments on random thoughts, and things such as the front page posts.

**benguino** · 02-8-2011, 10:48 PM

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Originally posted by MrGiggles

so I'm pretty much beyond confused

what are we talking about? At first I thought youtube, but some of the posts make me think this is an FFR thing.

Me too, I was like, "What the hell are you all talking about?!" Then I was like, "Ooh. This isn't YouTube related."

**5.points** · 02-8-2011, 11:49 PM

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Originally posted by MrGiggles

so I'm pretty much beyond confused

what are we talking about? At first I thought youtube, but some of the posts make me think this is an FFR thing.

It started with a video in the FFR video database that got spammed, that's why you probably thought it was about youtube

**GG_Guru** · 02-9-2011, 12:35 AM

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Honestly, I don't give a ****. I have over 800 profile votes so I'm good.

**duddychuck@yahoo.com** · 02-9-2011, 12:45 AM

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So is this about spamers? or voting?...

**foilman8805** · 02-9-2011, 12:52 AM

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Originally posted by GG_Guru

Honestly, I don't give a ****.

Statement that I actually agree with.

I have over 800 profile votes so I'm good.

Uhhh... blatant contradiction of previous statement.

But yeah, I agree that the comment system is pretty BS as well as broken. When it first came out, I experimented with it for a bit. I have an on-board mouse on my laptop as well as a USB mouse that I can click simultaneously and very quickly. On a well timed clicking spree of the down vote link, I can get 5 or 6 clicks in a few tenths of a second instantly dropping a comment below the viewing threshold. Just nuke the comment system. It's pointless because you can still express your appreciation or disdain for someone's comment or opinion by simply commenting instead of clicking like or dislike.