Foreveryoung Discussions

In Message 40Nobody is bullying FEY. If the guy is incapable of dealing with differing opinions then he has no place on a discussion forum.If I say something stupid then I fully expect to be corrected. While it is a little uncomfortable to have my ignorance exposed (on the very rare occasion ) it is far less uncomfortable than walking around with a head full of shit. Why else would someone come here if not to honestly examine their own beliefs?

I agree with you.
I will remove my 'cheers'.

Hey FEY did you see what happened there? A guy changed his mind and didn't lose one iota of integrity.

With his spate of overnight jeers, inflation has set in. By now jeers from foreveryoung have become pretty much worthless.

Forevers recent comments have disqualified him from even being considered as a potentially rational person. His behavior is completely trollish and should be treated as such. I think we are not very far from him returning to the threatening behaviour he exhibited before that got him previously banned.

nwr writes: ...but imagine if each cheer/jeer was multiplied by the Member Rating! YOW. Talk about Pinched Plasma. Unstable metrics for Percy!

Don't like jeers.Never did--seems at least faintly embarrassing for grownups to be tossing jeers around like cooties.Wouldn't Agree/Disagree be better? More accurate, more mature, more in tune with the spirit of this forum, I'd think; and maybe total Agrees and Disagrees rather than "rank" members with a score.Almost anything else would be better. The current system is hurtful and divisive.It's cheers or nothing for me. Savvy?

I just use what we have. I'm not hung up on particular names.I agree with many posts that I don't cheer, and I disagree with many posts that I don't jeer. I think we want these indicators to mean a bit more than routine agreement/disagreement.I do like the way that they are displayed. And I do like the ability to take them back if we reconsider and change our minds.

Percy originally has it as 'agree/disagree' but they got used as if they were 'cheers/jeers', so he changed the wording to more accurately reflect how they were used.

Thanks, Panda.Names matter.I'm unsure how "Disagree" could be used as a textual brickbat like "Jeers", especially since even a cursory glance at our posts suggests jeering is not contained by the Cheers/Jeers buttons. I suspect the history of usage here is little comfort to a newcomer who finds herself confronted by a dozen jeers.A jeer is a jeer. Despite the historicity, I'm at a loss to understand why a forum for serious discussion wants to encourage jeering: most of our moderation efforts are directed at containing that counterproductive activity.Part of civility is saying "I disagree" when what you are thinking is "You stupid ass."Civility and courtesy create a better experience for all, and, I think, a superior outcome for discussion.But I don't expect any changes, so I'll just stick with my cheers-only policy.Cheers, mate!

I suspect that it has more to do with the colour of the buttons.
I wonder if changing it to "agree=blue" and "disagree=yellow" would make a difference? I feel similar in regard to facebook.
They have recently allowed members to 'dislike' (as opposed to 'like') facebook entries.
It is optional and I have not opted in. Percy has always been amenable to good suggestions.
Think of a good replacement system and run it past him.I wonder what others think about an 'agree only' system?Edited by Panda, : No reason given.

I too have a "cheer only" policy. (Disclaimer: I think I did jeer foreveryoung once but if I could find the post, I'd take it back.) I don't just cheer what I agree with though. I might cheer a post because it's funny or just because it's expressed well, even if I disagree with the content.If I do disagree with the content, I'll either explain why or I'll shut the fuck up. I consider an empty jeer to be cowardly.I'd keep the jeer button for the same reason that peacekeeping troops carry weapons - as a demonstration that you can have weapons and not use them.

I cheer many post, but jeer few, I feel my jeers carry more weight.I do often jeer stuff without responding, most the time I feel no explanation is needed, the post I jeered is explanation enough.