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Question: Poets!.!.!.why do thumbs down bother you!?
I'm so used to getting thumbs down that it doesn't even bother me!. Nor do I go to the trouble of dishing them out!.!.!.simply because to do so is to bestow too much significance on the recipient comment!. For those who object so much to receiving them, here's a novel concept to consider!.!.!.don't thumbs down anybody else if you don't like it yourself!. Why's it okay for YOU to do it, but not some other person!? (However, if you MUST do it, feel free to exercise your digit on ME!.!.!.it doesn't hurt my feelings and it may be cathartic for you!.)Www@QuestionHome@Com


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Sir, if I wrote a weak poem and you didn't like it, I would applaud your right to express your opinion!. But do you really think that you're teaching fellow poets anything!. I think that a thumbs down says more about you than the person you're "punishing!." I'm glad you are above that!. I just joined yesterday, and I am not allowed to give a thumb of any kind just yet!. I won't even when I am allowed; it's meaningless, don't you think!. I'm just happy that you showed up to listen to me sing; there is no need to applaud if the song was not sung sweetly, and I wouldn't dare to ask anyone to stay for an encore!. Now calm yourself, I understand what you're saying!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The thumbs down is a bothersome
for the people who work hard on
poetry it is like a slap in the face!.
thumbs down occur because other people are
jealous

However if it is chosen as best answer
thumbs down don't count no one loses points
either way!.
Its the thumbs up that count
1 point for a thumbs up if the answer is rated best
( up to 50 thumbs up )


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My thought is this: If someone gives a critical response, that's enough!.
Why add yet another log to the fire!? Thumbs up simply accentuates a positive answer, written by yet another person!.!.!.permissible in my book!.
However, some folks take great joy in disrupting the boards!.!.!.I do wonder what their motives are!.

(Bravo Jane, excellent rejoinder!)Www@QuestionHome@Com

Iano, you can now see the t/d because I agree with what you are saying!. It is very true of every page,I am given t/d just for giving honest answers that have no malice or conviction to anyone!.
I Do think a lot of this is done because ones face does not fit!.

Though looking at my Avatar, I suppose my face is rather unfitting! He-he!Www@QuestionHome@Com

hi there lol they dnt really bother me!.!.!.lol can u help me finish off my poem!? plz! i really have to finish it in lik 20mins!.!.!.!.lol!.!.!.!.plz help! i dnt mind a thumbs down lol!.!.!.i know it sux!.!.!.but i just need to finish it!.!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

even the question bothers me!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

You know where I stand ( !. !. !. well actually I'm sitting, but you get me)!.
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I'm not really bothered by them, though I avoid giving them out of consideration for other folks!. A friend once told me that I was like an old rhino (I hope that wasn't a crack about my nose); I have such thick skin that all the usual barbs just bounce off and fall harmlessly to earth!. That's not a bad way to be; don't get me wrong, there are some things that get me wound up, the rudeness of other people who consider their own feelings more important than those of others principal among them!. I won't give a thumb down but I'll bet I get plenty of them; and those people wonder why I seem to think that I am better than them!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com