Bringing this up again.. comment ratings

My blog comments are all being th umbed down again. I really, truly, sincerely wish to be granted the ability to disable this feature. It does absolutely no good, and it sure does harm, because I view this as harassment, and I know other people who have comments abusively rated as well. I'm just throwing this out here to see whether or not GameSpot is actually considering letting us turn of a very useless feature.

JPL, you probably already know this, but I'll throw it out there anyway.:P

I was reading comments about a new game a few months back, and of course there were the inevitable comments that were "thumbed-down" for one reason or another. I gave a thumbs-up to one of them, and the server caused the comment to become visible again, due to the ratio of votes.

I agree with you that this is a problem, and one thing that would help is if there was a way for the system to let staff know who the culprits are who go around abusively thumbing-down comments.

To be honest JPL, I made my Profile and blog "Friends Only" to preclude any of this from happening.:)

JPL, you probably already know this, but I'll throw it out there anyway.:P

I was reading comments about a new game a few months back, and of course there were the inevitable comments that were "thumbed-down" for one reason or another. I gave a thumbs-up to one of them, and the server caused the comment to become visible again, due to the ratio of votes.

I agree with you that this is a problem, and one thing that would help is if there was a way for the system to let staff know who the culprits are who go around abusively thumbing-down comments.

To be honest JPL, I made my Profile and blog "Friends Only" to preclude any of this from happening.:)

topsemag55

Yeah, that was suggested to me the last time I brought this up. However, that's entirely unfair to other people who check out my profile. I'm not going to hide myself just because someone's being a jerk. And yeah, if GS is going to leave the commenting system here, the least they can do is track the users who make ratings, so if someone is doing something asinine like thumbing down all the comments again, we can report it and something can be done.JustPlainLucas

I'm not "hiding".:P:lol: (and I know you didn't say that).

I did it as a pre-emptive maneuver: I was swamped by several tracking requests from members who had nothing at all in their Profiles. There was nothing for me to track back on - not even a single game listed in their game collection.

That got old really fast.:P

I do think something needs to be done. Since admins don't have the comment ratings when they post comments, I don't see why we can't have that option either.

I do think something needs to be done. Since admins don't have the comment ratings when they post comments, I don't see why we can't have that option either.

dog64

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I do think something needs to be done. Since admins don't have the comment ratings when they post comments, I don't see why we can't have that option either.

JustPlainLucas

My blog comments are all being th umbed down again. I really, truly, sincerely wish to be granted the ability to disable this feature. It does absolutely no good, and it sure does harm, because I view this as harassment, and I know other people who have comments abusively rated as well. I'm just throwing this out here to see whether or not GameSpot is actually considering letting us turn of a very useless feature.

JustPlainLucas

altho i like giving thumbs up /down and reciving them...

i think you should be able to disable them if you whant...

I agree, once again.

JPL, in the interim while you're waiting for a staff to answer, perhaps you could click a thumbs-up for all of the comments in your blogs.

I do that so people will know I read their comment, and if at the moment I don't have time to type out responses.

JPL, in the interim while you're waiting for a staff to answer, perhaps you could click a thumbs-up for all of the comments in your blogs.

I do that so people will know I read their comment, and if at the moment I don't have time to type out responses.

topsemag55

Wow, JPL I just saw your previous-previous blog. :? Its all red. Well... not anymore. :P

But still, I dont know why the staff does absolutely nothing about this. This isnt the first thread about this and not the largest either.

Well, if you temporarily changed your blog over to "Friends Only", then you could narrow down the problem - if it still keeps on happening then it's one of 900+ people who are tracking you that you didn't track back.:)

The reason why I disagree with this is that I don't think it does any harm. Some may think it's unnecessary but if a few people like the comment ratings then it's worth keeping isn't it? Especially since I don't think there's much reason to dislike it, if someone thumbs down your comment, it just means he doesn't agree with what you said, it won't hurt anyone.fabz_95

I think the system just needs to be done away with.scorch-62

The reason why I disagree with this is that I don't think it does any harm. Some may think it's unnecessary but if a few people like the comment ratings then it's worth keeping isn't it? Especially since I don't think there's much reason to dislike it, if someone thumbs down your comment, it just means he doesn't agree with what you said, it won't hurt anyone.fabz_95

:lol:

The down thumber(s) must have found this thread and went in my two latest blogs and thumbed down every comment.

I read the above posts and I think it will be best that an option that limits the daily thumbs rating is added to the system. For example - you can thumb up/down only 5 comments per day.

I haven't had massive thumbings down on my blogs, but I know it is abused as hell on live events. Especially on E3.

I read the above posts and I think it will be best that an option that limits the daily thumbs rating is added to the system. For example - you can thumb up/down only 5 comments per day.

I haven't had massive thumbings down on my blogs, but I know it is abused as hell on live events. Especially on E3.

Crimsader

Never happen to me til today, i commented on a friends blog, who was being thumbed down on every comment .... like 5, 8 times on each. This morning i find the same thing on my blog too. I mean it doesnt really bother me so much, but yea it is harassment and i think there should be an option to turn it off .... or at least have thumbs up only on blogs.Sheena321

The reason why I disagree with this is that I don't think it does any harm. Some may think it's unnecessary but if a few people like the comment ratings then it's worth keeping isn't it? Especially since I don't think there's much reason to dislike it, if someone thumbs down your comment, it just means he doesn't agree with what you said, it won't hurt anyone.fabz_95

The reason why I disagree with this is that I don't think it does any harm. Some may think it's unnecessary but if a few people like the comment ratings then it's worth keeping isn't it? Especially since I don't think there's much reason to dislike it, if someone thumbs down your comment, it just means he doesn't agree with what you said, it won't hurt anyone.fabz_95

[QUOTE="fabz_95"]The reason why I disagree with this is that I don't think it does any harm. Some may think it's unnecessary but if a few people like the comment ratings then it's worth keeping isn't it? Especially since I don't think there's much reason to dislike it, if someone thumbs down your comment, it just means he doesn't agree with what you said, it won't hurt anyone.BuryMe

Just wanted to repost my support for this. I can understand Gamespot not wanting to remove it entirely, but some measure needs to be taken to combat abusers of the system.

In that vein, a rather good idea from a year ago:

Create an off/on switch for the thumbs in blog posts. Bloggers should at least have a chance to turn off the voting completely in their own profiles. --Hungry_bunny

Just wanted to repost my support for this. I can understand Gamespot not wanting to remove it entirely, but some measure needs to be taken to combat abusers of the system.

In that vein, a rather good idea from a year ago:
[quote="Hungry_bunny"]Create an off/on switch for the thumbs in blog posts. Bloggers should at least have a chance to turn off the voting completely in their own profiles. --Nagru

Over a month has passed since I created this thread. I'm not asking for anything to be down now, but what I AM asking is that SOMEONE on staff respond so I that I at LEAST know this is being taken into consideration. Pardon me for sounding impatient, but I hate what's being done to me, and I don't feel like I'm getting any support from GS about this. JustPlainLucas

Just wanted to repost my support for this. I can understand Gamespot not wanting to remove it entirely, but some measure needs to be taken to combat abusers of the system.

In that vein, a rather good idea from a year ago:

Create an off/on switch for the thumbs in blog posts. Bloggers should at least have a chance to turn off the voting completely in their own profiles. --Hungry_bunny

Create an off/on switch for the thumbs in blog posts. Bloggers should at least have a chance to turn off the voting completely in their own profiles. --Hungry_bunny

[QUOTE="Nagru"]

Just wanted to repost my support for this. I can understand Gamespot not wanting to remove it entirely, but some measure needs to be taken to combat abusers of the system.

In that vein, a rather good idea from a year ago:
[quote="Hungry_bunny"]Create an off/on switch for the thumbs in blog posts. Bloggers should at least have a chance to turn off the voting completely in their own profiles. --Travo_basic

I cannot deal with this any longer. I've been forced to disable comments on my blog because I just can't take seeing everyone being thumbed down for no good reason. Plus, people are being thumbed down to the point of being hidden more often now. And I STILL can't get a word from a GS staff member if this is being taken under consideration! This is very unprofessional. :|JustPlainLucas

I think blog comments shouldn't have that feature, but comments on a new game or a new video from GS should have that feature, to thumb down fanboys/girls.

edit: it seems I, too, have been hit by some looser who thinks it necessary to stalk my blog and thumb down every comment posted. Can mods see who thumb down ? Or admins, for that matter.

I realize you guys are busy, but it would be nice to be able to do something about unneeded degrading of comments, just because of a silly vendetta