Abuse of the "Funny" Rating

[beenherebeforeagain]

Also... this likely being my most rated post makes me sad...

Those of you who rated that OP as funny... I shake a stick at thee!

And if we rate--as I just did--this one as funny....?

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

Darn it, @columbus , I was going for funny there...couldn't you tell?

 

[Revoltingest]

Speaking of which, someone thought it'd be cute to stuff toilet paper down the sink again... clean up in aisle six!

Already taken care of.

I blame @metis ....he's a Yooper, you know.
(They aren't familiar with indoor plumbing up north of the bridge.)

 

[Vinayaka]

Does it count as abuse when you say Revoltingest's post is funny when you're just hoping he'll some day actually say something that's funny, like back in the old days.

 

[Revoltingest]

Does it count as abuse when you say Revoltingest's post is funny when you're just hoping he'll some day actually say something that's funny, like back in the old days.

No frubal is abuse.
An ironic award is worth just as much as a sincere one.

 

[Vinayaka]

No frubal is abuse.
An ironic award is worth just as much as a sincere one.

Ya frubal seeking, fake bacon hatin', grease comsumin' hoggerdoodle!

 

[Revoltingest]

Anyone else find giving Quint a funny rating a tempting idea?

One must consider whether the recipient has a sense of humor.

 

[Thief]

how about this one?…..
as a mark of skepticism

 

[Thief]

or this one….
or this one....

 

[FooYang]

So, basically anyone doing this is doing some sort of micro-aggression?

You know the problem with that is that you will have no real idea what the intent of either the author of the post is or that of the person clicking the "funny". Poe's Law, especially, Poe's Corollary applies and certainly demonstrates the dilemma.

In and effort to streamline the system and provide protection for the would be offenders as a lawyer often has to do for a guilty party, I request that the denizens of RF only click "funny" on any of my posts - that way your disdain and true appreciation are unbeknownst to me (my feelings are spared) and we can all live together in big-happy-harmony.

My thoughts exactly.

 

[Twilight Hue]

Denizens of the forums,

A while back an update to the forum software introduced a "likes" system as an alternative to our once beloved frubals. You may have noticed that negative ratings are not an option, which was an intentional decision by the site owner to support the forum mission:

As a community of diverse cultural and religious backgrounds, our aim is to provide a civil environment, informative, respectful and welcoming where people of diverse beliefs can discuss, compare and debate religion while engaging in fellowship with one another.​

On occasion, we've noticed members abusing the "likes" system by using "funny" in a pejorative, mocking, or trollish fashion. When someone posts a sincerely held belief and a bunch of people start rating it "funny," that isn't exactly respectful and welcoming. We wanted to let you know that we consider behavior like that to be in violation of the rules, specifically Rule 3 or Rule 9 (see the full text of the rules here). If we see a pattern of abusing the "funny" rating, a member may be infracted as per any other piece of rule violating content. It felt prudent to give you all a more direct heads up about this, as it seems to be becoming more of an issue.

Feel free to ask questions for clarification within this thread, but do keep in mind that discussion of specific cases of moderation need to stay in Site Feedback as per Rule 2.

I have a suggestion.

Remove the icons altogether.

 

[Twilight Hue]

I have a suggestion.

Remove the icons altogether.

Oh, I just realized I just responded to an op from 2017.

 

[Vinayaka]

Oh, I just realized I just responded to an op from 2017.

This OP did help with the sarcastic use of 'funny' . It improved the forum, in my view.

 

[Twilight Hue]

This OP did help with the sarcastic use of 'funny' . It improved the forum, in my view.

It still happens to me from time to time.

I gave up reporting the infractions though. Not worth the time in doing so.

Folks here are smart I figure. They can see who those people are anyways and make their own judgments.

It's all rather silly though to get all worked up over. (Pun intended?)

 

[Aupmanyav]

@Vinayaka, perhaps we can say . Sometimes, I write out my emoji if I do not find one to fit. For example : wonder :

 

[Left Coast]

Hi folks! Just wanted to post a reminder that this rule is still in effect. Please don't rate posts as "funny" in a pejorative, mocking, or trollish way. Our aim is to make the forum welcoming and respectful.

Thanks all!

 

[Twilight Hue]

......Sometimes, I write out my emoji if I do not find one to fit. For example : wonder :

I stick with the tried and true ROFLMAO!