@annfurnivall  Well said Ann!  I love the “thumbs up” feature as it allows me to tell the poster I appreciate their comment even when I don’t have time to post myself.  However, I do not see me using the “thumbs down” at all.  As I wrote in a post on this in the Small Business forum, I believe “if you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all”!

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Ann – It is used a spam and abuse control.  I’d give a shot and see how it works out

@mike-stelzner  Do have to agree that spam, etc. is annoying.  However, I usually just do not respond to any of those posts and hope that others won’t either.  I figure this takes the steam out of posting like that and would discourage others from doing the same as they are not getting the response they want.

I’m not sure how it might best be used or if it even presents the risk of being abused by some.  However, I would think/hope it might encourage some people to first search for a subject before they start a new thread on something that has been already been addressed, maybe even within a short period of time. 

I receive notices of each new topic, on the chance it might be something I have myself wondered about or now hope to learn from.  However, I must say, sometimes I consider opting out of that feature because some days some people start some threads that simply leave me wondering…  Why??