Do you think a "skip it" or "disruptive" label makes more people read the thread?

[SallyMander]

I totally do this... but i read locked threads too... maybe something is wrong with me. :evilgrin:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

1. Like telling kids not to watch an R-rated movie.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

2. Well, let's find out

[SallyMander]

4. Oh no!!!

:rofl:

[billyoc]

3. I wish I could "sort by rating", I'd ONLY read the disruptors.

:evilgrin:

[BlooInBloo]

5. (shrug) It doesn't matter if it does or not. I like watching trainwrecks...

and piling on as much as the next guy. Ok, ok... maybe a little bit *more* than the next guy. :P

[book_worm]

6. Yes, but it sure feels good to vote how you really feel about the thread too.

[eleny]

7. I think that the idea of the "Skip It" rating is rotten and childish

[Neshanic]

8. That's a gross understatement. It's high school.

[eleny]

11. Agreed, a step away from the quality of DU's format

[anigbrowl]

12. Don't agree. What;'s the point of positive feedback without negative?

Under the old system, a lot of stupid threads got 5 recs and were sent off to the greatest page, even ones by trolls. I like having a button to express my disappointment with a post that turns out to be dumb, even though I only rate about one thread in three in any way at all.

[QC]

24. It really does add to the playground mob quality DU has taken on

in the past year.

I guess it's appropriate. then, but unfortunate.

[Arugula Latte]

9. Definitely. I'm always curious. eom

[JuniperLea]

10. I'm wondering if personal battles will be fought

with the disruptive button. I can just see a few hot heads going to every thread that some other hot head started who pissed them off days ago and slapping them with disruptive... then you can have the private message brigade, call on all their pals... hey, go smack susieknowitall (fictitious DUer) down with a disruptive on this thread I link here!

I've seen this sort of thing before;)

[whistler162]

13. SHRUG... who reads labels/ratings....SHRUG

I read the thread titles and read what intrests me!

[goodgd_yall]

18. That's what I do

But I guess some here need other people to tell them what's worth reading.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

14. Don't eat that apple!

[SallyMander]

17. nom nom nom

:D

[Monk06]

15. Have you noticed that if you keep hitting skip it the thread goes to the top of the page ??

Skip it baby !!!!

:rofl:

[BuyingThyme]

16. I think skip-its make for pile-ons.

[SallyMander]

20. Oh no i'm a "skip it" now!!!

:o

[Condem]

25. There's always some asshole out there, Sally

No worries.

[vaberella]

19. No. But your title made me read it, despite the skip title. n/t

[goodgd_yall]

21. I noticed there is at least one "Skip it" that has a lot of views

Could be most people are not paying attention to the ratings, but paying attention more to the thread subject lines. Which is as it should be, IMHO.

[NYC_SKP]

22. Generally, I would read every disruptive thread and pass on "skip its" nt

[Canuckistanian]

23. Nonsense

K&A.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

26. Sometimes people just want to see a train wreck or a mouth stretching to fit a foot in. . nt

[QC]

27. Well, this does make it easier to find the food fights.

I guess that's one positive for the new system.

[ContinentalOp]

28. At first I thought it was a necessary addition.

But it seems like an easy target for freepers. You could create an account here, lurk without ever posting, and spam all of the best threads with negative ratings.