+1/-1 ettiquette

by sabernar on Feb 28, 2008 9:09 PM EST

I'm proud to say that I was one of the people who helped introduce the +1 reply to messages here at this site. I initially thought I was the first because I had never seen it before, but it looks like wily mo beat me to it by several months.

That being said, I got the idea for +1/0/-1/ from listserv voting. Someone proposes, let's say, to add a new feature to some open source software. They post it to the mailing list, and people reply with +1/0/-1 in the email. It's a very crude voting system, but it's been around for a long time and is very effective.

I've been seeing some posters replying with +2 or +100 or +100000000. Let's try to not over do it. Each one of us is one person, we would get one vote. If you're REALLY REALLY REALLY in agreement with someone, posting +10000000 just makes people ignore you - try replying with a clear explanation WHY you agree. Back up your stance with substance instead of just showing everyone how totally excited you are that someone has the same viewpoint as yourself. Vote someone +1/0/-1 if you want to use those semantics, otherwise you're defeating the purpose of the whole thing.

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Totally agree

+10000000000000

by b1leper on Feb 28, 2008 9:14 PM EST reply actions

+infinity

Rowdy Hardy Fan Club member.

by doublestix on Feb 28, 2008 9:38 PM EST up reply actions

-37.4

by nms on Feb 28, 2008 9:26 PM EST reply actions

+98.6

that was hotblooded

by dlpme77 on Feb 28, 2008 9:36 PM EST reply actions

- 273.15

Escobar

by JayhawkTom on Feb 29, 2008 8:41 AM EST up reply actions

Yes, I realize the measure isn't called

"Kelvim", but it's just too delicious. Sort of like warm apple 3.14159....

by JayhawkTom on Feb 29, 2008 8:43 AM EST up reply actions

+3.14159

by demondeaconbaseball on Feb 28, 2008 9:38 PM EST reply actions

All of a sudden I'm craving dessert....

How odd....

by SuperBean on Feb 28, 2008 9:48 PM EST up reply actions

pie

Do you prefer apple, cherry, or pumpkin?

by SBcaptain2 on Feb 28, 2008 9:49 PM EST up reply actions

Im a pumpkin man

Although I do enjoy a good lemon meringue(sp?) or chocolate cream every now and then.

by SuperBean on Feb 28, 2008 9:52 PM EST up reply actions

+100

: )

by nms on Feb 28, 2008 10:04 PM EST up reply actions

Bah

Key Lime > all.

by demondeaconbaseball on Feb 28, 2008 10:41 PM EST up reply actions

-3

by nms on Feb 28, 2008 11:27 PM EST up reply actions

though i do really like key lime

just not more than errything

by nms on Feb 28, 2008 11:27 PM EST up reply actions

How about Felix?

by demondeaconbaseball on Feb 29, 2008 9:53 AM EST up reply actions

prefer Hair

by pedrophile on Feb 29, 2008 6:56 PM EST up reply actions

i think

someone that posts +100000 is just giving an effort thats in the neighborhood of say, like 150%

classy move Belichek...Quitter

by jrose643 on Feb 28, 2008 9:39 PM EST reply actions

Um

whatever lol

One day, Elijah Dukes will be President of the United States.

by PujolsJunkie on Feb 28, 2008 9:43 PM EST reply actions

+2

Both hands.

Rowdy Hardy Fan Club member.

by doublestix on Feb 28, 2008 9:50 PM EST reply actions

You know...

your +2 combined with his -1 is still a +1. Basic math.

(I know, I am just being asinine now.)

"My mom always taught me it's better to laugh at yourself than to laugh at others. She was so wrong. ;)" -Pedrophile

by Boxkutter on Feb 28, 2008 11:23 PM EST up reply actions

+1,326,851 / 86 * 926.5 - 2

by slurve on Feb 28, 2008 10:18 PM EST reply actions

btw

LOST was really good tonight.

by sourstuff on Feb 28, 2008 10:20 PM EST reply actions

+4 8 15 16 23 42

by sourstuff on Feb 28, 2008 10:21 PM EST up reply actions

well played

and lost was excellent tonight. absolutely x-filish

classy move Belichek...Quitter

by jrose643 on Feb 29, 2008 12:19 AM EST up reply actions

+6.35

-82 on your signature, coming from a guy.

by killa on Feb 28, 2008 10:21 PM EST reply actions

Sig

it is kinda creepy...

by slurve on Feb 28, 2008 10:30 PM EST up reply actions

Yeah...

Monday afternoon at the latest.

by slurve on Feb 28, 2008 10:45 PM EST up reply actions

the music diary really tickled me

...to have people recommending My Chemical Romance and Fall Out Boy and stuff... stuff that you see on the shirts of tweens in the mall, and stuff that you will know just from watching TRL one afternoon...to have that on a minor league baseball blog is just hilarious to me.... these obscure minor league ballplayers that we discuss, you know, stuff that is never on tv, that no normal people really talk about...i mean, we talk about some players that are maybe mentioned once or twice in a BA or Sickels' published book, and of course no tweens hanging out in the mall know who Gorkys Hernandez is... im just tickled

by daveh33 on Feb 28, 2008 11:36 PM EST reply actions

-1...???

by SuperBean on Feb 29, 2008 3:16 AM EST up reply actions

-1

hater

by Josh @ Minor League Ball on Feb 29, 2008 10:24 AM EST up reply actions

hater ? or the responsible one?....

...so people are allowed to be shotdown for having an asinine theory on a prospect around here... but when really dumb opinions on music are given, I try to right the ship, and yet I get more "-1" replies than the people with the lame musical taste

by daveh33 on Feb 29, 2008 12:36 PM EST up reply actions

Yes

I think you posted it in the wrong thread, unless you were looking for simple +1/-1 replies, of course. While I agree with what you said you have to consider that people have a wider variety of "good music" than "good prospects". They're also far more likely to defend an opinion on music, because it's much harder to prove that Nickelback is the worst band of all time than it is to prove that Emmanuel Burriss can't hit for power.

by ajake57 on Feb 29, 2008 1:02 PM EST up reply actions