06.04.2025

It’s all about the thumbs

It has been a month or more since we suspended the thumbs down feature on readers comments and would like to know what the majority of you think of the move and whether we should bring it back, or drop it permanently.

Speaking personally I do not miss it, yes there are a few comments where you would like to show your disagreement, with a single stroke but this can also be done with a comment, in the knowledge that -
A) You will not be trolled by those who ‘thumbs down’ everything and anything
B) Any comments reacting to yours will need to be relatively polite and not personal

Compare it to face to face discussion
If you think about face to face conversations, if someone voices an opinion with which you agree you can simply say “I agree” or “I totally agree”. On the other hand, if you disagree there is an expectation that you state why you disagree - and don’t just leave it as "I disagree".

I would very much appreciate your input, either via a comment and/or by voting in our online poll.
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