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+1/-1 ettiquette

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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+infinity
Rowdy Hardy Fan Club member.

by doublestix on Feb 28, 2008 9:38 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

+98.6
that was hotblooded

by dlpme77 on Feb 28, 2008 9:36 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

+3.14159

by demondeaconbaseball on Feb 28, 2008 9:38 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

pie
Do you prefer apple, cherry, or pumpkin?

by SBcaptain2 on Feb 28, 2008 9:49 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

Bah
Key Lime > all.

by demondeaconbaseball on Feb 28, 2008 10:41 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

+2
Both hands.
Rowdy Hardy Fan Club member.

by doublestix on Feb 28, 2008 9:50 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

btw
LOST was really good tonight.

by sourstuff on Feb 28, 2008 10:20 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

+6.35
-82 on your signature, coming from a guy.

by killa on Feb 28, 2008 10:21 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Sig
it is kinda creepy...

by slurve on Feb 28, 2008 10:30 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah...
Monday afternoon at the latest.

by slurve on Feb 28, 2008 10:45 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

-1
hater

by Josh on Feb 29, 2008 10:24 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

-32.33
repeating, of course.
When asked why I was a Mets fan, I responded, "pain is my lifeblood."

by wrightHOF on Feb 29, 2008 12:36 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

LEEEEEEEEEEEEROYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY...
 
Yankees fans dream about Wang.

by ufoboy90 on Feb 29, 2008 7:08 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Speaking of numbers
what are people's favorite number?  Are you one of those people with "lucky" numbers?

When you guys played baseball or anything else, what number did you wear?  Any reason for chosing a jersey number you like?

by nms on Feb 29, 2008 1:08 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

i wore
57 when i could... otherwise i would leech my siblings' numbers

by ajake57 on Feb 29, 2008 1:37 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

because...
Darryl Kile was my favorite player

by ajake57 on Feb 29, 2008 4:38 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

25
Two best days of the year are on the 25th, Christmas and my Bday.

by SuperBean on Mar 1, 2008 12:58 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

74
my football number after our third string center stole 78(Jackie Slater) from me after freshman year. 74 is way more bad ass anyways. ;D
Jack Cust is this year's Marcus Thames

by Team Moneyball on Mar 1, 2008 1:47 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

LOL
Thanks, Sabernar.  Had the same thought.

We all only get one vote.

by Yakker on Feb 29, 2008 1:25 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

What is the etiquette for
++1 and --1 in loops?
Ichiro, on facing Daisuke Matsuzaka for the first time: "I hope he arouses the fire that's dormant in the innermost recesses of my soul."

by DaleCoop14 on Feb 29, 2008 1:56 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

OP
Dude, I thought I was anal, but starting this thread moves you into a whole different category.  Get a freaking life.
Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that. George Carlin

by GregJP on Feb 29, 2008 4:26 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

+42
This is me being polite.

by CrimsonLiederhosen on Feb 29, 2008 6:26 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Isn't that
really the meaning of life?

by dlpme77 on Feb 29, 2008 7:40 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Life?
Life, the universe, and everything.

by demondeaconbaseball on Feb 29, 2008 10:56 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Hey
that was my favorite jersey number...

anything with a 7 or 4 in it or divisible by 7.  I know... weird...

by RogoRooter on Feb 29, 2008 9:17 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

speaking of numbers...
anybody want to count the number of posts in this thread with + or - some number other than 1? i've never seen dozens of people make the same joke one after another like this before. it's a fascinating sociological phenomenon.

by jpahk on Feb 29, 2008 11:21 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

+1
or should have that been a -1?

by dlpme77 on Feb 29, 2008 11:22 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

+i
Not enough math nerds in this thread....

by mraver on Mar 1, 2008 12:04 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

i^2
There's plenty of us, dont judge.

by SuperBean on Mar 1, 2008 1:03 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

+ i^4
The Dodgers won't win a playoff series until the Cool-a-Coo returns.

by mckeeno on Mar 1, 2008 4:02 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

the number I like
us that this thread actually has over 50 comments.  WTF

by nyy601 on Mar 1, 2008 12:19 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

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