Simple question. Do you think downvoting and upvoting should be anonymous on Namepros, yes or no?
I ask again @Bravo Mod Team is the same user downvoting my posts? I was restricted for it, so do the same rules apply to all? I know you can see who it is.Simple question. Do you think downvoting and upvoting should be anonymous on Namepros, yes or no?
I've no problem with criticism, but I do have a problem with cowardice.Like the site Stack Overflow, the up and downs are anonymous and usually reflect a positive trust feedback from users on the correct answer. On NP, where things are more opinionated rather than "correct", I'm not so sure anonymous voting should be the correct way to garner a post's responsiveness from the community.
Also, because of the nature of domaining where there are so many nuances with no absolutes in how we choose to invest, domaining is not scripted, I believe the up and down voting and keeping it anonymous just fosters a non-participation approach while having potentially overly negative or optimistic optics without accountability.
So, in a nutshell, probably no.
Hello,I ask again @Bravo Mod Team is the same user downvoting my posts? I was restricted for it, so do the same rules apply to all? I know you can see who it is.
There isn't a single person responsible for downvoting you. You're being downvoted by a lot of different, unrelated people.I ask again @Bravo Mod Team is the same user downvoting my posts? I was restricted for it, so do the same rules apply to all? I know you can see who it is.
Hello,What is the criteria for being restricted for downvotes?
Well, then I guess I'm unpopular. What I don't understand is if you don't like a poll because of the question, or the posts, then why contribute at all if it's just downvoting without an explanation? I don't gain any personal benefit in trying to contribute to the forum, other than an enhanced understanding of domaining, which is to everyone's benefit. For example, asking what is the definition of domainer? or how many domainers are there in the world? are legitimate questions with useful answers for everybody. Downvoting anonymously just seems like a total waste of everyone's time, including the downvoters. Perhaps they don't value their own time. I value mine.There isn't a single person responsible for downvoting you. You're being downvoted by a lot of different, unrelated people.
Ah I see, misread what OP was saying, I thought he was banned for being downvoted too muchHello,
As outlined in our previous post, there must first be a dedicated investigation to try and identify a habitual pattern. If a pattern is identified, the member will first receive an official warning (If it's their first time offense). On a second offense, a member receives an official negative point warning/infraction. In the event a member continues to abuse the voting system, their account will be restricted from using the voting feature.
We hope that information helps.
Correct, but that's only because you're a top member. It must be earned through contributory participation in the community. It could also be lost if a member demonstrates that they do not have the best interest of the community in mind with regards to their access to it and other community moderation features.so, basically you're saying,
that i can't see them now... but maybe in the future, it's possible.
is that correct?
This actually helps us catch shill bidders because they have a false sense of anonymity between their accounts, but we typically can determine that they're the same person. Sometimes, this happens automatically. Sometimes, we need the community's help to bring it to our attention to investigate deeper than a robot can.when a single person can have more than 1 account with a different user name, more than shill bidding can occur, which could damage the integrity of the forum, as a whole.
Were they the same person? If they were distinct people, then that makes sense. We don't want distinct people to share accounts unless it's a company/brand account.i have seen where two members of same household, with different user names, were both posting the same domains on the forum.
Each person is free to vote how they feel. That is important. If their opinion is the minority, then your post should end up with positive points. If the majority wants to downvote, then it should end up with negative points. In this particular case, your post is currently positive.whether or not it is a pattern or a random act, i still want to know who is doing it.
for that post in specific, there was no reason for a downvote as i expressed " glad" that the OP was getting something from his domains.
It may be that there are many new chat platforms that people enjoy using, such as Discord, so members come to NamePros for the threads now rather than the chatroom.Chat wasnt that popular? Very popular before your time. What happened?
Unfortunately, it is unlikely to return this year, but next year is a real possibility.This year?
If one person downvotes the same post five times and four different members upvote the post once doesn't that end up with a minus one? I'm in full agreement with @biggie here, for once, all voting should be linked to a username. I'm happy for my past malicious downvoting to be made public (oops, have I admitted a Namepros crime?), since it was in response to what I thought was another Namepros member maliciously downvoting my posts out of spite. Couldn't be sure though, since downvoting is anonymous. And breathe in....If their opinion is the minority, then your post should end up with positive points.
Yes. That's why influence within the community is important. The majority of members cannot downvote a single post 5 times. The majority can only contribute a single downvote. As your influence in the community climbs, you have more responsibility and influence over the points on a single post.If one person downvotes the same post five times and four different members upvote the post once doesn't that end up with a minus one?
The answer to this question is always: Yes.do the same rules apply to all?
There are many legitimate reasons to non-publicly vote that have nothing to do with cowardice, but if you are going to be hostile toward someone for their opinion (you admitted to being retaliatory), then that's also a justifiable reason to not vote publicly.I do have a problem with cowardice
It's important to note that:Downvoting anonymously just seems like a total waste of everyone's time, including the downvoters.
If downvotes are all public then people can post nonsense and people won't call them on it because (having jobs and such) they don't have time for the loooong conversation that is likely to result. So it just becomes a board full of nonsense. If you post garbage you get negged, simple. Just my opinion. Doesn't really matter that much to me.I want to know who I am dealing with like in the old days before we hád to start hiding our identities for security reasons.
Would you rather I had anonymously downvoted you?
Debate without hate
I really don't care if you downvote me. In fact I dare youI want to know who I am dealing with like in the old days before we hád to start hiding our identities for security reasons.
Would you rather I had anonymously downvoted you?
Debate without hate
If you can't define what a domainer is YOU AREN'T A DOMAINER.Just curious... If you had that info, what would you do with it? What's there to gain? Nothing.
Those who care are usually the ones who go bonkers over being downvoted.
Then there are users inviting people to downvote their posts and get mad when it happens and open polls about whether those votes should be public.
Keep them anonymous or remove the feature entirely I'd say. This forum shouldn't be about a popularity contest. We've got Twitter for that.
Nah I don't care about this any more. Downvoting is a crap feature. End of story.Here’s a related thread:
The context of that thread is useful to this poll.
If you can't define what a domainer is YOU AREN'T A DOMAINER.