When I ask a question, I *always* read each answer, and give points to those who I think gave good replies! Why do so many ask a question, but not award those who took time to give good answers a positive rating?

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• Nail on the head, Anonymous (+2).

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  by Metaphiz on December 18th, 2006

• My sentiments exactly. Thank you!

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  by newyorkny on December 18th, 2006

• Me also. I am sorry nobody had the nerve and integrity to post about this or mention this before. I think they are/were too intimidated perhaps to speak out, for fear of getting nothing but negative points and comments by the very people who consider this more of a social club than a place where people other than AB people, can turn for help or an answer more serious than "Who is the most popular Ab person?" Points for you!

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  by Anonymous on December 18th, 2006

• I feel the same as well. Truly expressed.

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  by FineBalance . on December 19th, 2006

• It seems to be turning into the power elite or Superbaggers rating each other up, placing themselves in the Top Answer position, which gets read first and rated more often. Even mediocre answers from the top 20 get mega points.
  I am getting a bit p*ssed with the trivial comments made by the PC Police of the folks with an ax to grind. Relax, people. Points are FREE. Give them away to any sensible answer. On the other hand, don't hesitate to flag offensive remarks or downrate them if you must. Jokes should be exempt from down rating. We need the laugh!

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  by Mirage V2.0 AWOL on December 20th, 2006

• Perhaps you should apply a higher standard before awarding points to Superbaggers. That should make me very infamous on AB! Ever notice how once a Superbagger posts, it seems to suck all the points from the question? Maybe their points should just be listed as a "?" for 24 hours, so others have a chance to respond and glean a few points.

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  by Mirage V2.0 AWOL on December 20th, 2006

• Peronally I think they should just either do away with the whole ratings thing alltogether and make answerbag about questions and answers or change it to something like "on a scale of 1-5 with 1 being least and 5 being best, how would you rate this answer/question". But I could really do without the whole rating up and down thing altogether.

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  by Anonymoose on December 20th, 2006

• Good suggestion. Another suggestion would be to not to allow higher rankers (say from rank 40-50) to give each other more than certain points (say max 2) and give their full credible rating points to lower rankers say below <40 (+5 or +6) and same can be said about the negative ratings, to reduce their negative rating points when rating members lower than their range of rankers.

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  by FineBalance . on December 20th, 2006

• Sexy: I could live without the points, but I think some have become addicted!
  There is a lot of ego in here that has to be stroked.

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  by Mirage V2.0 AWOL on December 20th, 2006

• Mirage: I agree about the egos needing to be stroked. Thanks for the input.

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  by Anonymous on December 20th, 2006

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• Good answer

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  by hellokiddo on December 21st, 2006

• Er, having done my share of answering both types of questions, I see the point you make in the very last sentence. I see that you do not tread lightly here. . .fair enough and kind of refreshing :)

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  by Andy Is Wicked Married to Penal Colony on December 27th, 2006

• Good point (+ 3). Not only have I seen questions like that rated up so high, but I've also seen good, intelligent question rated down (which means they get an automatic rate up from me).

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  by muguet on January 4th, 2007

• I enjoyed your last paragraph most of all...being old and U-G-L-Y...but, in here, I can fake it. :-)

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  by ChuckExAnon on January 23rd, 2009

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• Well since you gave what I think is a very good answer, you can have points from me at least! It seems sometimes the popular and very regular people always get rated for their questions and answers while those down the line do not, even though they gave good or even better answers! Not sure I thought that AB was abit of a "cliquish" place when I joined, and hope it is not. But it sort of looks that way.

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  by Anonymous on December 18th, 2006

• I think that as long as an answer is an honest attempt at being helpfull, they should get a rating. I, personally, always give a rating. If the answer requires an opinion, that rating will always be positive. It's frankly bull to down rate someone for expressing their personal opinion when that's all you asked them to do.

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  by Metaphiz on December 18th, 2006

• Metaphiz, I agree also, and thank you for having the independence and conviction to speak out and speak very candidly.

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  by Anonymous on December 18th, 2006

• Very truly spoken.

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  by FineBalance . on December 19th, 2006

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• Case in point about rating someone's opinion.

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  by Metaphiz on December 18th, 2006

• Good point, I think it is less of a social clique and more of which AB users identify with other AB users more. Kind of a "great minds think alike" thing. Good answer.

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  by Andy Is Wicked Married to Penal Colony on December 27th, 2006

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• What do you think about the social aspects of the way people rate their obvious AB friends? Or do you not agree Ab is or has become quite social and many of the questions have to do more with the Ab people themselves, not anything to do with 99% of the categories listed as possible question categories?

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  by Anonymous on December 18th, 2006

• Yes, I can see the "clicks" on here. You probably have a point there.

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  by Anonymoose on December 18th, 2006

• God, I hope not. That would just ruin it for me.

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  by Metaphiz on December 18th, 2006

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• LOL. Cute.

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  by Jodie44 on February 8th, 2007

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• The question is getting points and it is a good one. It brings out the idea that there exists a "mutual admiration" society within AB that rewards each other, each helping the other climb higher on the ladder.

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  by Mirage V2.0 AWOL on December 20th, 2006

• That is a logical and also quite obvious fact. My question merely pointed it out in part. If one of those who are in THE "mutual admiration and rewards club" had asked this, they would have gotten 20-30 replies and alot more points. I asked it to prove a point, not FOR points. My point was proven I think, not that it will change anything.

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  by Anonymous on December 20th, 2006

• Painful Ginsu, it is the beginning. Point has been raised and have rec'd lot of good answer, and all of them have the same common ground. You will notice on all the answer everyone agrees with each other. There are many specially the new members those are fair to each other. This is our HOPE.

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  by FineBalance . on December 20th, 2006

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• Well I have posted over 60 questions. I don't post TONS of questions like some, because I came here to ANSWER them not post them. But they are there if you click on my name or look around.

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  by Anonymous on December 18th, 2006

• I did answer few yesterday and will keep checking your profile to see if there are question those interest me. Keep asking as this created thoughts and some good pieces of writings.

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  by FineBalance . on December 19th, 2006

• Anonymous, get an avatar. It sure helps when scanning answers to find yours! You can still withhold an email address and remain anonymous. look here. http://avatars.jurko.net/

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  by Mirage V2.0 AWOL on December 20th, 2006

• Mirage RF, I took your advise. Thanks.

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  by FineBalance . on December 20th, 2006

• I just passed on the info superpanda gave me a couple months ago. You're looking good.

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  by Mirage V2.0 AWOL on December 20th, 2006

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