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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 2306544, member: 68&quot;]There are a lot of factors that go into these things.&nbsp; It&#039;s much deeper than just popularity and politics. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Let me tell you a couple stories to make the point. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I used to play hearts on the net and fancied myself a very good player so I signed up at one site as &quot;king of hearts&quot;.&nbsp; I lost every game.&nbsp; Other players dumped points on me from the first card.&nbsp; I signed up again as &quot;knave of hearts&quot; and won almost every game. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I&#039;m on a science site where people can rate your post as being scientific or unscientific and then posters are rated accordingly.&nbsp; At first I was just trying to feel my way around and got lots of good ratings but as soon as I started posting about another way to view the evidence the rating dropped like a stone.&nbsp; Rather than agreeing or disagreeing with a post many people will just &quot;like&quot; or &quot;dislike&quot; it.&nbsp; Having a &quot;dislike&quot; button especially seems to stifle discussion.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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