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Don
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Don asked in Home & GardenGarden & Landscape · 1 decade ago

What's the deal about Pitless Cherries - Why the Thumbs Down?

Someone asked about Pit-less Cherries recently, and I answered them. I'm a master gardener, ok, from a long ways back, but I answered them. It was kind of a flip answer, perhaps, but I thought it was true.

Well, this question and answer keeps showing up now as one of yahoo's best answers, and I'm ok with that. However, I didn't know people could still give a thumbs up or a thumbs down on this story. I'm noticing a ratio of about 3 thumbs up for every 1 thumb down.

Well, that's maybe a good endorsement, but I wonder why so many people give this a thumbs down instead. (I'd like everybody to be happy!)

So my question is, does the world already have a pitless cherry, or why are some (a minority of) people giving this answer a thumbs down? The original answer is pasted here:

"Best Answer - Chosen by Asker

I think cherry growers are waiting for the right tree to come along that throws off this sort of fruit as a genetic fluke, so they can then start reproducing those trees.

So far, this tree hasn't popped up to show itself, so plant breeders could then properly take advantage of this new quirk. It might be here now, and nobody has brought it to the proper attention, or maybe it will never be here. We're not sure, but we're still waiting."

Thanks for your help, everyone.

p.s. I can take it if I'm wrong!

Update:

Last time I checked, there were 44 "thumbs up" on this answer, and 13 "thumbs down". That ratio's been staying steady since the beginning. I'm ok if there's 13 jerks for every 44 nice people (the world seems about like that, anyway), I just wondered if I made a factual mistake in my answer. Thanks!

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  • 1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    ah, ya made me look....

    "There's no such thing as a pitless cherry. That's because the cherry's three layers — the skin, the fleshy part, and the pit — start as one tissue."

  • G
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    Don't take thumb downs personally. People may have given you one because:

    1) They didn't agree with you.

    2) They thought your answer lacked correct/enough information.

    3) They thought another answer was better.

    4) They just want to be jerks and get pleasure from being negative.

    Unfortunately, #4 is pretty common. I've occasionally seen perfect answers with 100 thumb ups and 0 thumb downs. Once a troll sees that they think, "Hey! I'll be the first thumb down!" Click.

    YA should require an explanation from the user and have their avatar name listed whenever a thumb down is given. But until that happens, I've learned to just take them with a grain of salt. =)

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Sorry I can't answer your question but I do really agree about the thumbs down it has got out of hand, especially the comments which can be abusive & upsetting. Also their answer shows the have not read the question. Good luck

    Source(s): experience on this site.
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Yeah don't take it personally, its probably just the same guy.

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