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Re: POLL: Do you want a Like button? Poll has ended!
Posted: December 23rd, 2022, 2:07 pm
by ElCid
Cuthbert wrote: ↑December 23rd, 2022, 11:30 am
ElCid wrote: ↑December 23rd, 2022, 11:25 am
In this situation, the best policy by the Administrators would be to adopt the
positive majority voting system. This is not just a majority vote, but a majority of
all members. So, if there are 70 members, 36 would have to vote in favor.
It also appears that millstone is being overly critical and harsh toward those who oppose his desire for a like button.
If the Administrators decide not to add a like button, it would be very poor behavior on the part of the pro-likes to start using the oversized graphics they have demonstrated.
For heavens sake, ElCid, there was a vote! It has taken place! It was fair, it wasn't fake! Please live with the result!
I do have an issue with the ungraciousness of those who would deny others its use, simply because they don’t want to use it. Why would anyone be so small-minded?
But a
significant number of people do
not want the change and the majority of members have
not voted in favor of it. A small "majority" of 15 voters should not determine this. THAT is the point.
In this situation, a poll here is simply advisory. There is no mandate that the change be implemented.
Re: POLL: Do you want a Like button? Poll has ended!
Posted: December 23rd, 2022, 2:13 pm
by LawrenceA
Since several people have voiced that the inclusion of a "Like" button will cause them immense psychological and emotional harm, I think the matter should be dropped. I can't pretend to understand it, but that's the way it is, apparently.
Re: POLL: Do you want a Like button? Poll has ended!
Posted: December 23rd, 2022, 2:34 pm
by Masha
ElCid wrote: ↑December 23rd, 2022, 11:25 am
In this situation, the best policy by the Administrators would be to adopt the
positive majority voting system. This is not just a majority vote, but a majority of
all members. So, if there are 70 members, 36 would have to vote in favor.
A far easier and much more sensible solution is that the decision be left to the discretion of the user who is the most intelligent, attractive, reasonable and wise. That is quite clearly me and so this hubbub can be over quickly.
Re: POLL: Do you want a Like button? Poll has ended!
Posted: December 23rd, 2022, 2:41 pm
by Masha
laffite wrote: ↑December 22nd, 2022, 9:50 pm
Yes, I have flipped More than once. Contrary to popular belief, there is no shame in changing one's mind. Even more than once (gasp!).
"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every reasonable person changes their mind when new information or considered reflection warrant it.
Re: POLL: Do you want a Like button? Poll has ended!
Posted: December 23rd, 2022, 2:45 pm
by txfilmfan
Re: POLL: Do you want a Like button? Poll has ended!
Posted: December 23rd, 2022, 3:03 pm
by laffite
Drat, if we could only get the 11,780 votes we need ...
Re: POLL: Do you want a Like button? Poll has ended!
Posted: December 23rd, 2022, 3:27 pm
by EP Millstone
ElCid wrote: ↑December 23rd, 2022, 11:25 am
In this situation, the best policy by the Administrators would be to adopt the
positive majority voting system. This is not just a majority vote, but a majority of
all members. So, if there are 70 members, 36 would have to vote in favor.
The opinions of The Bohemian Rhapsody Bunch (
anyway the wind blows,
doesn't really matter to me) who didn't vote -- for whatever reason -- are inconsequential, just like in real life, as far as I'm concerned. In life there are participants and those who stand on the sidelines and watch. Players call the shots and win or lose the game. Observers don't.
ElCid wrote: ↑December 23rd, 2022, 11:25 am
It also appears that millstone is being overly critical and harsh toward those who oppose his desire for a like button.
I calls 'em as I sees 'em.
For the record, if the admins and mods decide "Thumb's down!" on a Like button, the world will still turn, the sun will still rise tomorrow, and GaryCooper will still flood the SSO with Twitter screenshots (no offense, GC!). I'll live.
ElCid wrote: ↑December 23rd, 2022, 11:25 am
If the Administrators decide not to add a like button, it would be very poor behavior on the part of the pro-likes to start using the oversized graphics they have demonstrated.
Looks like someone should be prepared to be very unhappy!
Re: POLL: Do you want a Like button? Poll has ended!
Posted: December 23rd, 2022, 3:29 pm
by EP Millstone
Masha wrote: ↑December 23rd, 2022, 2:34 pm
A far easier and much more sensible solution is that the decision be left to the discretion of the user who is the most intelligent, attractive, reasonable and wise. That is quite clearly me . . .
Can we take a poll on this?
Re: POLL: Do you want a Like button? Poll has ended!
Posted: December 23rd, 2022, 3:50 pm
by Swithin
ElCid wrote: ↑December 23rd, 2022, 11:25 am
In this situation, the best policy by the Administrators would be to adopt the
positive majority voting system. This is not just a majority vote, but a majority of
all members. So, if there are 70 members, 36 would have to vote in favor.
If the Administrators decide not to add a like button, it would be very poor behavior on the part of the pro-likes to start using the oversized graphics they have demonstrated.
You can rest easy, ElCid, I would have no intention of using those oversize graphics, if the Mods decide to override the vote. But I already think the behavior of the anti-like group to have been so low, and so personal, that I would have to reconsider my membership here. To have been called a troll, and to have been told that, basically, we are uninvited guests in someone's home; and to have someone else who (presumably) voted in the poll who now wants to trash it because it didn't go his way; it would be difficult for me to stay here under those circumstances, particularly since the two members whom I feel have behaved badly are actually two of the reasons I joined this board in the first place!
As the closing of the TCM Board approached, I joined two boards: this one and the other one. Although more TCM “refugees” went to the other one, I had a slight preference for this one, since, as I've said above, some of my favorite posters came here, including the two whose behavior I now find most disturbing. Very disappointing.
Re: POLL: Do you want a Like button? Poll has ended!
Posted: December 23rd, 2022, 3:52 pm
by EP Millstone
Masha wrote: ↑December 23rd, 2022, 2:41 pm
"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every reasonable person changes their mind when new information or considered reflection warrant it.
“Keep true, never be ashamed of doing right, decide on what you think is right and stick to it.” --
George Eliot
To me, someone who is wishy-washy and is easily swayed -- like a leaf that the wind blows from one gutter to another -- lacks integrity and conviction, and is someone whom I regard as untrustworthy and undependable. I strive to avoid such people actually and virtually.
Re: POLL: Do you want a Like button? Poll has ended!
Posted: December 23rd, 2022, 3:53 pm
by LawrenceA
Cuthbert wrote: ↑December 23rd, 2022, 3:50 pm
You can rest easy, ElCid, I would have no intention of using those oversize graphics, if the Mods decide to override the vote. But I already think the behavior of the anti-like group to have been so low, and so personal, that I would have to reconsider my membership here. To have been called a troll, and to have been told that, basically, we are uninvited guests in someone's home; and to have someone else who (presumably) voted in the poll who now wants to trash it because it didn't go his way; it would be difficult for me to stay here under those circumstances, particularly since the two members whom I feel have behaved badly are actually two of the reasons I joined this board in the first place!
As the closing of the TCM Board approached, I joined two boards: this one and the other one. Although more TCM “refugees” went to the other one, I had a slight preference for this one, since, as I've said above, some of my favorite posters came here, including the two whose behavior I now find most disturbing. Very disappointing.
Wait...do you mean me? Should I not have posted that stomach giving a thumbs up?
Re: POLL: Do you want a Like button? Poll has ended!
Posted: December 23rd, 2022, 4:06 pm
by Swithin
LawrenceA wrote: ↑December 23rd, 2022, 3:53 pm
Cuthbert wrote: ↑December 23rd, 2022, 3:50 pm
You can rest easy, ElCid, I would have no intention of using those oversize graphics, if the Mods decide to override the vote. But I already think the behavior of the anti-like group to have been so low, and so personal, that I would have to reconsider my membership here. To have been called a troll, and to have been told that, basically, we are uninvited guests in someone's home; and to have someone else who (presumably) voted in the poll who now wants to trash it because it didn't go his way; it would be difficult for me to stay here under those circumstances, particularly since the two members whom I feel have behaved badly are actually two of the reasons I joined this board in the first place!
As the closing of the TCM Board approached, I joined two boards: this one and the other one. Although more TCM “refugees” went to the other one, I had a slight preference for this one, since, as I've said above, some of my favorite posters came here, including the two whose behavior I now find most disturbing. Very disappointing.
Wait...do you mean me? Should I not have posted that stomach giving a thumbs up?
Of course I don't mean you, except as one of the reasons I came here. There are two others -- a woman and a man -- who have behaved in a manner that I would have thought to be beneath them. Should be pretty obvious.
Re: POLL: Do you want a Like button? Poll has ended!
Posted: December 23rd, 2022, 4:06 pm
by Swithin
Cuthbert wrote: ↑December 23rd, 2022, 4:06 pm
LawrenceA wrote: ↑December 23rd, 2022, 3:53 pm
Cuthbert wrote: ↑December 23rd, 2022, 3:50 pm
You can rest easy, ElCid, I would have no intention of using those oversize graphics, if the Mods decide to override the vote. But I already think the behavior of the anti-like group to have been so low, and so personal, that I would have to reconsider my membership here. To have been called a troll, and to have been told that, basically, we are uninvited guests in someone's home; and to have someone else who (presumably) voted in the poll who now wants to trash it because it didn't go his way; it would be difficult for me to stay here under those circumstances, particularly since the two members whom I feel have behaved badly are actually two of the reasons I joined this board in the first place!
As the closing of the TCM Board approached, I joined two boards: this one and the other one. Although more TCM “refugees” went to the other one, I had a slight preference for this one, since, as I've said above, some of my favorite posters came here, including the two whose behavior I now find most disturbing. Very disappointing.
Wait...do you mean me? Should I not have posted that stomach giving a thumbs up?
Of course I don't mean you. There are two others -- a woman and a man -- who have behaved in a manner that I would have thought to be beneath them. Should be pretty obvious.
Re: POLL: Do you want a Like button? Poll has ended!
Posted: December 23rd, 2022, 4:07 pm
by Swithin
Cuthbert wrote: ↑December 23rd, 2022, 4:06 pm
Cuthbert wrote: ↑December 23rd, 2022, 4:06 pm
Of course I don't mean you. There are two others -- a woman and a man -- who have behaved in a manner that I would have thought to be beneath them, having observed them these many years (and besides, I had no idea that was a stomach!).
Re: POLL: Do you want a Like button? Poll has ended!
Posted: December 23rd, 2022, 4:13 pm
by LawrenceA
Cuthbert wrote: ↑December 23rd, 2022, 4:07 pm
(and besides, I had no idea that was a stomach!).
I Googled "Thumbs up" images, and looked for the weirdest/dumbest one. That one was from an ad for a medication used to treat "leaky gut".
