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Teens: What would make you give another answer the dreaded "thumbs down"?
I am just curious. I was checking over my answers and I got a "thumbs down" for being 5'1, a female, and weighing 103 pounds. I don't think any of those were "thumbs down" worthy at all.
So, what would make you give an answer a "thumbs down"?
18 Answers
- ?Lv 79 years agoFavorite Answer
I get thumbs down for saying I'm married for 18yrs. Figure out what one. lol
I give thumbs down to people who answer troll questions when it is clearly a troll. You don't need to feed a troll by saying "You dumb, troll" or something like that. If you know it is a troll just report the question and the more who report the quicker it is removed.
I also give thumbs down for some people who falls to anyone who puts cuss words in their answers. No need to cuss.
I give thumbs down to people who tell someone if they are pregnant or not. You can't tell for sure until a user takes a pregnancy test.
I think that is all. I never use thumbs down as a popularity contest as most users do. If they don't like the user they thumbs down them. That is just childish.
Source(s): homeschooling mom of 3 - 9 years ago
I usually only give a thumbs down if the person is rude or disrespectful or if they're a troll. On rare occasions I'll give someone a thumbs down even if they aren't any of those things if I think the answer is really bad... like, if they give bad advice or something. Just because I hope that if other people do the same thing, the person who asked the question will see how many thumbs down a certain answer got and not listen to it.
- laLv 69 years ago
I think that's such a random reason to thumb down an answer... haha.
I only thumb down answers if they're incorrect or just ignorant/mean. I know everyone has an opinion but some people are so rude in expressing it that I give them a thumbs down.
- 9 years ago
I thumbs down if I don't like the answer. It doesn't matter what type of answer it was; if I don't like it, I thumb it down. Simple.
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- brittany◦Lv 79 years ago
I hardly thumbs down opinions.
I thumbs down if it's an ignorant or rude answer.
- ?Lv 59 years ago
I wouldnt give that a thumbs down...i wish i only weighed 103 pounds. I would give something a thumbs down if it was rude nasty or was not relivent to the question.:)
- A Yahoo UserLv 79 years ago
One time someone did a poll on jean size, and I answered that I wear a size 0, which I do, and I got 9 TDs and 1 TU. I guess I should have been born someone bigger...? You know, because apparently jean sizes can be offensive. Kind of sounds like your case, it's probably just because you're small and they're bitter about it or think you're lying, who knows.
I only TD if someone is rude or really dumb/trolling.
- 9 years ago
I thumb down spam, trolls, and people who give bad medical advice.
I would never thumb someone down just because their opinion is different from my own.
*Jeff Foxworthy voice* You know you're a thumbs down troll when you read questions about thumbing people down and then thumb everyone down, I reckon ;)
- ?Lv 45 years ago
not fairly, yet in certain cases if i'm getting 5 thumbs down and the different individual receives a million and that i have a similar answer as him and that i responded previously then i'm getting somewhat irate because it shows how a lot they biase one individual over the different.
- 9 years ago
I don't know. I rarely give a thumbs down for an opinion.
I only thumbs down people who are being rude.
- ღCity NightsღLv 79 years ago
I thumbs down trolls, spam people who are like "Get answers from Ask.com" or something like that... But normal users I don't thumbs down unless if they are being completely rude and insulting everyone else and the asker.