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Do "thumbs up" and "thumbs down" do anything but show agreement or disagreement with the poster here?
@WHIZZZ ... You get points on a thumbs up if your answer is chosen as best ---- up to a total of 50. I thought that I saw that somewhere. So I guess if the question is YOURS ... AND you thumbs up it as well choose it as the best answer, the answerer gets even MORE points?
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- ?Lv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
The original purpose of giving them has been lost which was to indicate a wrong answer, and now they are mostly something trolls like to do and users that disagree with the answer..
Thumbs down should just be stopped as they are one of the most abused features on here and really mean nothing.
There is no rhyme or reason where the thumbs are concerned, some will give a thumbs up if there is already one BUT then there are the thumbs down trolls that give a thumbs down every answer just because they think it's funny.
The thumbs down mean nothing point wise. You get points on a thumbs up if your answer is chosen as best ---- up to a total of 50.
Thumbs down should just be ignored even though they are irritating at times..Simple minds require simple pleasures and giving thumbs down makes them happy, pathetic but true.
