"+1" Posts --- and the removal of them

[armyvern]

Tonight, I deleted some posts that served no purpose other than to add:

" +1 "

to someone else's post.

I removed them because, quite frankly, they do diddley squat except waste bandwidth (besides irritate the hell out of me), adding nothing significant to the topic discussions at hand.

So, if you happen to notice your post count going down, and have made "+1" posts yourself -- you know where to find me; I can be reached via PM.

ArmyVern
The Milnet.ca Staff

 

[Good2Golf]

+1!

 

[Good2Golf]

You were expecting that, right Vern?  :-*

G2G

 

[Yrys]

You were expecting that, right Vern?  :-*

I wasn't expecting it, but ArmyVern got experience ...

 

[Spring_bok]

Its great to be king I guess.  +1 is an abreviated echo of someones statement.  Deleting it is just like silencing someone.  Kind of like putting a lock on a thread just as it starts to get good. Silenced.

 

[Yrys]

  Deleting it is just like silencing someone.

OR it could also be seen as an enticement to elaborate one's opinion, so their posts won't get ereased...






In fact, a push to speak out more  .

 

[Michael OLeary]

Its great to be king I guess.  +1 is an abreviated echo of someones statement.  Deleting it is just like silencing someone.  Kind of like putting a lock on a thread just as it starts to get good. Silenced.

"+1" posts add no useful data in an archived thread.  Vern is not talking about deleting a "+1" in an active thread as soon as it has been posted, but in older threads that are improved by being pared down to the posts that actually make the thread useful information for later searches.  If someone is so sensitive that having a "+1" post deleted seems to be censoring them, then perhaps they need to actually contribute to the discussion in the first place.

 

[the 48th regulator]

"+1" posts add no useful data in an archived thread.  Vern is not talking about deleting a "+1" in an active thread as soon as it has been posted, but in older threads that are improved by being pared down to the posts that actually make the thread useful information for later searches.  If someone is so sensitive that having a "+1" post deleted seems to be censoring them, then perhaps they need to actually contribute to the discussion in the first place.

dileas

tess

 

[Good2Golf]

"+1" posts add no useful data in an archived thread.  Vern is not talking about deleting a "+1" in an active thread as soon as it has been posted, but in older threads that are improved by being pared down to the posts that actually make the thread useful information for later searches.  If someone is so sensitive that having a "+1" post deleted seems to be censoring them, then perhaps they need to actually contribute to the discussion in the first place.

+1   Hear, hear!

 

[armyvern]

Its great to be king I guess.  +1 is an abreviated echo of someones statement.  Deleting it is just like silencing someone.  Kind of like putting a lock on a thread just as it starts to get good. Silenced.

Wow.

Deleting a "+1" = "silenced??

They haven't said a darn word -- someone else did ... and THAT post is still there (And, guess what?? THAT post is the important one). 

And, just so you know -- I have no qualms about deleting a "+1" immediately after it is made either -- it still adds nothing relevant to the discussion topic at hand; rather, the post it is in reference to added something relevant (and shall therefore remain).

 

[Good2Golf]

:-\

Sorry, Vern...my evil twin brother got a hold of my computer for a bit....bad evil twin brother!  :rage:

You are of course, quite right, +1's are not overly useful...perhaps a quota of 1 per 1000 posts, anything else will be expunged with severe prejudice!

G2G

 

[Yrys]

You are of course, quite right, +1's are not overly useful...perhaps a quota of 1 per 1000 posts, anything else will be expunged with severe prejudice!

So you're just nominate yourself to count all of them ? 

And that ain't my evil sis posting 

 

[Dissident]

+2

 

[armyvern]

:-\

Sorry, Vern...my evil twin brother got a hold of my computer for a bit....bad evil twin brother!  :rage:

You are of course, quite right, +1's are not overly useful...perhaps a quota of 1 per 1000 posts, anything else will be expunged with severe prejudice!

G2G

Is your evil twin wearing an orange shirt!!?? Good thing that I like you ... or I'd have to go down below right quick and expunge your immediate response to my original post (which yes, I did expect ... just not from you!!).

 

[Good2Golf]

Sure, Yrys, I'll start right after I have a cold one, or three! :cheers:

Perhaps some responsible mod will move all the radio chatter stuff over to an appropriate thread, such as: "Sometimes you have to let your hair down a bit and have some fun..."  I'm still having to keep my evil twin brother away from my keyboard with a big stick...well, that and a can of hairspray with a Bic lighter....  :flame:

G2G

 

[Good2Golf]

Sure, Yrys, I'll start right after I have a cold one, or three! :cheers:

Perhaps some responsible mod will move all the radio chatter stuff over to an appropriate thread, such as: "Sometimes you have to let your hair down a bit and have some fun..."  I'm still having to keep my evil twin brother away from my keyboard with a big stick...well, that and a can of hairspray with a Bic lighter....  :flame:

G2G

p.s.  Vern, where was that innocent angel smilie again?

 

[armyvern]

Good2Golf,

You know darn well that you are not allowed to have fun around here!!  

Especially without sharing your beers with me.

ArmyVern
The Milnet.ca Staff

 

[Burrows]

Don't make me come over there and "silence" you both for rowdy behaviour!

 

[Mike Baker]

I think that Vern has a good idea here. I admit, I have made a few '+1' posts on here, but, it is a lot better to post up more then just a +1, and actually say something. No more +1's for me, unless I back them up ^-^

 

[Mike Bobbitt]

Some statistics on the subject. There are:

40 posts that are a "+1" and nothing more
169 posts that start with +1 and are less than 20 characters long
628 posts that start with +1