1) If people are going to take the time to "Thumbs Down" your post, they should HAVE to explain themselves.

- Seriously – I don't want the deal up if it isn’t a deal, and would gladly take it down and/or return the product. Just because you don’t like a product or a company or the color or creed of the “whatever” it is being posted, doesn’t seem to me to be a JUST reason for a “thumbs down.” If it isn’t a deal – say why, and heck give a better deal. It is funny that people will take the time to put REPOST or even links to the REPOSTS but rarely the huevos to explain themselves; it is like a bunch of cowards poking a cat in a bag. Either kill the cat or let it out, just poking it is mean.

2) If someone edits your post, they should have to explain themselves. (This would be directed at the moderators – I don’t believe anyone else but a hacker could edit your posts otherwise.)

3) If someone closes your thread they should have to explain themselves. (Once again a moderator issue)

Long explanations are not needed, but some sort of explanation or even a coded system would be nice. Otherwise - one may feel as if they are being picked or worse yet - labeled.

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1. I agree
2. Nobody could edit your post except you or a moderator. I can't think of a reason a moderator would actually edit your post -- meaning to change any of the info therein -- unless they were correcting a mistake in the posting or fixing a link for you . . . :confused: Anyone can post in a Wiki if there is one attached; however, but not edit your initial original post.
3. If your post is merged with another thread because the deal was previously posted by another member, you will not get a notice. That's just the way it is. It will still show up in your subscribed list -- it may be under a different title that you don't recognize, but it will be there -- unless it's deleted due to inappropriate content.

...except the Dutch ones. They may be cute, but they are sneaky, too. Beware!

...except the Dutch ones. They may be cute, but they are sneaky, too. Beware!How can they be sneaky with those wooden shoes?

It is fine to edit - just give a reason.

It is fine to thumbs down - but make it mandatory to give a reason.

It is fine to close - just give a reason.

I must say - the off topics posts - are pretty funny.:)

In my opinion, the thumbs up/down rating is a system to use instead of posting. The problem is there have been people that randomly or vengenefully thumbs downed posts. Because of this we are supposed to post a reason for thumbs down. This unfortunately bumps the post up on the board, rather than letting it fade away. For this reason I don't thumbs down any threads unless they are obviously very bad, and that is very few, even though I feel more deserve it.

My suggestion, if it is possible, is allow (or require) a comment attachment to the vote, rather than posting in the thread. That would at least justify a thumbs down without bumping the thread.

I don't really get why people think that making others give a reason for a thumbs down will make the malicious votes stop. People will just say things like 'got it for $2 less lest week' or some junk... It's not like disagreeing with their reasons will people anywhere.

I don't really get why people think that making others give a reason for a thumbs down will make the malicious votes stop. People will just say things like 'got it for $2 less lest week' or some junk... It's not like disagreeing with their reasons will people anywhere.

Here we go again.... The point of giving a reason for the thumbs down is it should be a legitimate reason, and most of the time, the thumbsdowners don't have one.

People expect too much out of the tu/td system. Take it with a grain of salt and don't get bent out of shape if you don't get the results you want.

I think as more votes are cast, the tally reflects the consensus.

A wise slickdealer knows to look past a few votes. What is a bad deal for someone else may be a good deal for him.

I don't want to have to wade through a bunch of meaningless comments which are related to a requirement to explain tu/td so that I can figure out whether a deal is good for me or not.

It sounds fun to require voters to explain, but who is going to read all that stuff? :no:

Wading through meanings votes/comments/explanations - I agree total waste of time.

First -Many people are lazy - requiring them to explain themselves may/will cut down on negative posts, but will increase comments - most being B.S. others may be helpful. This is a something that needs to be looked into further. I like the Voting idea, here is another. With the voting system - you could have a very basic set of choices to vote for when thumbs down - example - 1) got a better price recently 2) i don't like the product 3) still too expensive 3) other (five an actual reason)

Second - One would need to have a certain Rep point + Time on SD + # of posts to give a thumbs up or a thumbs down. This SHOULD increase the potency of the UP/DOWN and make it more meaning full. I admit - I skip thumbs downs posts in order to save time, thus missing some real deals because of these thumbdowner - downer3rs.

Third - What do other sites do?

A recent example - yesterday Apple released iMacs 8/7/07- Well it got tons of thumbs down - the max - 5. Well to Mac people - the time to buy - A SLICK DEAL - is when Apple releases new products. I have waited all 331+ days for this day. Now if the SD'ers don't like mac - that is fine, I don't like WalMart. But to mac people this is a great deal and ABSOLUTELY the time to buy. to them better than the front page PS3 deal, etc... Just because people don't like a company seems pretty week to give it a thumbs down. These are the type of reasons I would like seen diminished.

Isn't the idea of SD is to Find/Give info on great deals? if a deal is bad - people don't want it - they want to know why. Just because a bunch of "hotheads, spammers, whatevers" gang up on a deal and thumbs it down for no reason doesn't seem to be what SD is about. Now in the case of the Mac - one person broke down the parts and built a PC for less - great post - that is what is needed. Granted he is missing the point in that people like the aesthetics and the OSX. They are paying to have something different - and less popular - all most always more money.

People should have to give a reason for thumbs down; I can't understand why this hasn't been done yet. Maybe it's too hard to implement, but SD users have been clamoring for something like this for a long time. Thumbs down should require some sort of explanation -- either written or multiple choice as Blaster suggested.

I also think that you should be able to click to see everyone who has given thumbs up or down on any particular thread. All the votes recorded in one place.

I can't think of a single legitimate reason to keep the voting secret.

I disagree with OP's #2 & #3.