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Over the past week, I've seen a few take receiving a 'Thumbs Down' personally and get upset over this. I've even witnessed a retribution-style 'Thumbs Down' just 'too get back at a thumbs down'.<br><br>People, if another member does not like or agree with your comment, you MAY be making an unpopular comment...doesn't mean it's wrong, just that another member did not agree with you. (Note: I think I got about 10 'Thumbs Down' for the minimum drinking age post and I'm OK with it.)<br><br>Some of our BEST leaders make some of the most unpopular decisions...if you get a thumbs down, you MAY be doing something right. ;)
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As a general rule, if a thread has anything to do with politics or religion, you HAVE to expects couple of downed thumbs... I'd go so far as to say that if you're never getting a thumbs down, you're probably not saying anything worth hearing or very thoughtful.
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SFC Michael Hasbun
Disagree... There's a level of intellectual cowardice there I'm not comfortable with... Problems unacknowledged become perpetual..
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SSG Robert Webster
SFC Michael Hasbun Isn't that the pot calling the kettle black?
And some of the individuals getting a number of thumbs down are not even worth the effort, and definitely not worth the effort of writing an explanation for the thumbs down.
And some of the individuals getting a number of thumbs down are not even worth the effort, and definitely not worth the effort of writing an explanation for the thumbs down.
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SFC Casey O'Mally
Agree whole heartedly. Thumbed you down for good measure. (Then removed it and thumbed up because I'm not an asshole).
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I honestly don't care about the thumbs down feature. If you want to give me one, it's your world. However, I just have an issue with people who jump into conversations without participating at all and vote down on every comment you have in the thread. That's childish! That's the most obvious form of targeting I have ever seen. I recently had an issue with an individual because he gave me a thumbs down on 6-8 comments in the same thread (mind you he was the only one). This type of behavior is ridiculous. Have a voice people. Vote down all you want but if you're not going to engage the person and tell them why you think they're full of it, how will they ever know? We're all leaders here, well most of us. It's like an NCO doing an on-the-stop correction on the soldier but instead of telling them what's wrong, "You're f'd up" is all the soldier gets. How is that productive? Anyway, just my two cents.
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