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Luc Pattyn wrote: Isn't that what the voting system is for, to express appreciation and/or
agreement?
Down-voting in my opinion is usually to mark a post as spam/troll/abuse or to insult someone. It's the online equivalent of spitting in someone's face.
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Those are all valid reasons for down votes. Do you consider it unreasonable then that other people have additional reasons for down voting. Such as indicating disagreement with a post. Especially when you consider jokes that offend one group of people, but is considered humourous by another group. Down voting provides many with a way to express their displeasure whether they post or not.
Chris Meech
I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar]
In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. [Yogi Berra]
posting about Crystal Reports here is like discussing gay marriage on a catholic church’s website.[Nishant Sivakumar]
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Chris Meech wrote: Especially when you consider jokes that offend one group of people, but is
considered humourous by another group. Down voting provides many with a way to
express their displeasure whether they post or not.
Jokes are a different animal (an exception I guess). When you post a joke, it's like posting an article. You gotta expect to be hit with votes (good or bad).
Here we have a more serious discussion going on. We are discussing/suggesting potential functionality that may help improve CP.
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote: Down-voting in my opinion is usually to mark a post as spam/troll/abuse or to insult someone
When you submitted a essay or test in school and you received a red cross saying it was wrong, did you take that as a personal insult?
The Nish I remember, way, way back when you were BusterBoy and first started posting, posted articles and was down-voted heavily. That Nish then posted more articles, was downvoted, posted more articles, was downvoted less and soon enough posted articles that were almost automatically upvoted and ranked among the best. I refuse to believe that you you took those down votes as personal insults yet came back. From what I saw and know of you, you took those downvotes to mean you had to work on your content, which you did, and did admirably.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote: When you submitted a essay or test in school and you received a red cross saying
it was wrong, did you take that as a personal insult?
My original post in this thread was about articles. And yes, when I submit an article I am fine with being "rated" - whether with up-votes or with down-votes (except I wish it was done non-anonymously).
When I replied to Luc, I was referring to forum posts (not articles). For someone like Luc to vote a post 1 because my view differs from his, I do take it as a slap on the face. Specially because it's from a guy I respect.
Chris Maunder wrote: The Nish I remember, way, way back when you were BusterBoy and first started
posting, posted articles and was down-voted heavily. That Nish then posted more
articles, was downvoted, posted more articles, was downvoted less and soon
enough posted articles that were almost automatically upvoted and ranked among
the best. I refuse to believe that you you took those down votes as personal
insults yet came back. From what I saw and know of you, you took those downvotes
to mean you had to work on your content, which you did, and did admirably.
That was different. I was writing technical articles. People were hard on me. I took the feedback and wrote more articles (and even re-edited and re-worked all my initial articles an year later). That helped me improve - both technically and the way I wrote.
But here I am talking about forum posts. Luc down-voted me because his views differed from mine. In what way am I supposed to "improve" myself to change that? I am not going to change my opinions/arguments for Luc. I just expect him (and other senior members here) to use the forum-voting-system in a civil manner.
BTW in case it's not clear I am not complaining about down votes in general. In a forum with so many members, anyone who posts frequently will be hit with down votes. My points were specific to how I take down-votes on forum posts from people like Luc or Hans or Pete. Their down votes do matter to me!
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote: people like Luc or Hans or Pete
See, that sounds properly Star Wars. Luc (Luke), Hans (Han Solo) and Pete (Yoda). 
And just to clarify - I voted 5.
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: See, that sounds properly Star Wars. Luc (Luke), Hans (Han Solo) and Pete
(Yoda).
Ok, that was coincidental
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote: Luc down-voted me
No I didn't. I didn't down-vote you, All I did was down-vote one of your messages.
I don't think there is a way to down-vote a CP member (well maybe there is, I never go beyond "vote to remove this message"), and if there is, I wouldn't apply it to anyone who means well and has earned my and everyone else's respect.
Even the best pianist can play a false note (according to my ears), and then I'll flag it, the note, not the pianist.
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I think you should comment on this thread[^]
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Hi Nish,
I don't know why you started a new thread that was obviously about my thread below.
Anyway, I've posted a new reply here[^] and would welcome your opinion.
Cheers,
Nick
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Nicholas Butler wrote: I don't know why you started a new thread that was obviously about my thread
below.
Hey Nick,
That's an interesting but entirely incorrect assumption. I had not even noticed your thread until Chris gave me a link yesterday.
I will read your reply and respond to that.
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I apologise It seems great minds think alike - or maybe not
Nick
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Need to know what is the best way I can revert back to an article I bookmarked yesterday. I don't seem to remember the article title.
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You could goto My Bookmarks in your profile and scan the dates of when the items were bookmarked.
You could look at your reputation history and if you bookmarked recently (relative to how much you interact with the site) then the bookmark even will be there and you could click on it to take you to the article.
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Try this query[^]
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Sometimes it presents wrong results.
There is some problem.
OriginalGriff (500)
SAKryukov (427)
Manfred R. Bihy (395)
Uma Shankar Patel(270)
Mark Nischalke (260)
at 4:12 PM
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I haven't checked the data, but in looking at that list, what do you see as being wrong? Surely OriginalGriff is allowed to beat SA occasionally? I mean, he works hard for it.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Chris Maunder wrote: Surely OriginalGriff is allowed to beat SA occasionally?
I don't see that anywhere in your site's documentation or readme files. 
Just along for the ride.
"the meat from that butcher is just the dogs danglies, absolutely amazing cuts of beef." - DaveAuld (2011)
"No, that is just the earthly manifestation of the Great God Retardon." - Nagy Vilmos (2011)
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Chris Maunder wrote: Surely OriginalGriff is allowed to beat SA occasionally?
Hey, this is way over the line! No one, absolutely no one can beat SA! 
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It's all right - he'll be along to direct Griff to his posts presently.
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: It's all right - he'll be along to direct Griff to his posts presently.
Good answer but inaccurate. Please see my answer and vote it a 5. 
/s
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No, no, I'm sure that would be one of the Harbingers of the Apocralypse[^]
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
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