Okay. A
lot has happened here so I dont even really know where or what to comment on. However, I did see one thing about the votes being complained about above, and thats something I already made a mention about in the last thread. So i'll just make a repeat of it:
Xerkser500 said:
Also, no offense to others, but I highly recommend us to not count in the votes of people who just recently claim "agree with OP" and nothing more.
Tata made a very long constructed counter argument to the OP and is hardly being viewed upon as it is. He already made a point about votes needing to be reset because literally everyone who voted before he rebutted said "sure, agree with Imade" and left the thread and never came back to see if any rebuttals were made. That's the definition of only giving the OP support and favoriting them.
So unless new users who reply say something like "I've read both sides but I still find Imade more credible" when voting, users who only say "agree with OP" need to have their votes nulled so it doesnt look like people ignoring rebuttals to rush for a downgrade.
Xerkser500 said:
This is my literal point here. Because 9 times out of 10, new people who recently comment are not going to take the the time to read the entire thread and all arguments and will simply say "agree with OP" for just reading the OP, unlike people like us who consistently participate in the thread. And those new users wont come back to see possible rebuttals, just as Tata pointed out before. Of course, if you actually looked at both sides and still agree with downgrades, your vote is 100% relevant. But thats if you actually looked at both sides. My point was moreso towards votes that just say "agree with OP" and leave it at that. Because it then just looks like your agreeing to rush a downgrade regardless of the counter arguments.
I think the point that the disagreeing side was making, or trying to make, was that people who find Imade's points more credible isnt the issue. But
what is the issue is people who say "agree with OP/downgrade" and just leave it at that. Which can be extremely misleading.
If someone comes to reply and says something like "ive read both the OP's points and the rebuttals, but I still find Imade/Tata more credible", then their votes are 100% credible. Because that person is
actually clarifying that they've read both opposing sides of the debate and continues to find one more credible than the other. But if your just a random user who pops in, says "Agree/Disagree" and literally adds in nothing more than this for the entire thread, then your vote
shouldnt be credible. Because then it looks like you don't care what counter-arguments are made at all and are just voting for the sake of rushing a downgrade. Hence why multiple people here were complaining. And yes this goes both ways, so don't try telling me "by this logic" anything.
The problem isnt disagreeing in general. The problem is just taking a side without adding in any context of what you find more logical, despite both sides making their cases. Which is something that should actually be looked at for all threads, not just this one.