I got you. I see you as op.
I would prefer to have the option to show my disapproval for things I disagree with then get right back to the awesome stuff I enjoy on this forum and in this community. As mentioned earlier, I enjoy checking out hash art, discussing genetics, and other gardening ideas. The last thing I want to do here is engage with someone I already find major disagreement with their comments.
I want to mash a dislike button and keep their shenanigans in the rearview while helping others who may not be so informed.
I’m not suggesting using a dislike button to go around trolling or harassing others or to purposely make others feel bad. I have good intentions. Many blessings and much love
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Nope, this is my way of saying that repeating the same thing over and over feels pointless. But thats my feeling and like everyone else, I am free to express it.
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Use your words Doug, the dead horse emoji is basically an elaborate thumbs down button. Many blessings and much love
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I don’t believe a negative would be helpful. It may cause people to leave the site. Something that I have seen.
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Are you alright?
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More than. Thanks for asking. Many blessings and much love
Can we have a Moonshine still emoji !
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Your last paragraph is what does happen here sometimes. That is why I disagree with it. Especially if you are new and start a topic as a first timer. I see mistakes that are made. A more positive response would be better in my opinion. A negative has such a wide range. Someone with mental issues could and might not understand.
Thumb down wouldn’t let the person know anything apart from you dont like ( and to easy for haters ans trouble makers).
To me if you really didn’t like it enough to leave a thumbs down it would be better to let the person know what you didn’t like so we can understand what you didn’t like.
Leaving no like already shows you didn’t like it , or didn’t love it.
Sometimes things get lost in translations and neither understand what happened or what other person is annoyed about
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It would also have saved 100 posts if you were to recognize that the vast majority disagree with you. I’d much rather say this with words than an emoji.
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Doesn’t make @Sbeanonnamellow wrong tho
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@hemp This is what moderation is for? I don’t see myself using a dislike button to casually dismiss new members being genuine. It’s for the clearly disruptive types we get on occasion. I wouldn’t use a dislike on a novice member, that’s where it’s important to take the time to help educate. The dislike button is for those acting a fool purposefully. Many blessings and much love
@Connoisseur_Genetics we are limited with the amount of likes we can give so we can’t like every post being made. Since we don’t have enough likes to give all the comments we like we then can’t assume comments we don’t like are comments we disagree with. We may simply be out of likes. Many blessings and much love
@Foreigner I’ll try to get more used to expressing myself in threads in those instances I feel like sharing my disagreement. I often feel like making comments off topic are distasteful for the OP and other contributing members but if it’s the majority speaking I’ll listen. Many blessings and much love
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I understand. Wish all a great week and weekend. Happy growing.
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Cool then, looks like there is an alternative to a dislike button already. An elaborate one to boot.
In the end, there is no right or wrong here. Just opinions and everyone is entitled to theirs.
It does seem that this conversation alone is causing tension between some and thats just talking about it. Probably something we can take away from that. I will leave you all to it. Have a great day OGers. 
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I have made my point I think.
Think of, for example, “what’s wrong with my plant” threads. They end up with 30 contradictory answers and a dislike button would blow the whole place up.
Also I often see “I don’t grow but I read this…” such a person is trying to be helpful but is not knowledgeable and probably wrong. Do we penalize them for trying to help even with their limited experience?
They are trying.
I’m often guilty of off topic posting but I have a tangential mind and there’s not much I can do about it.
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The helpful person would then learn if his comment was good or not
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Nothing like a way to quickly tell some newb how wrong he is…or to make the place a bit more cliquish and ostracize a few, gotta be a way to keep those guys in their lane I guess.
This statement is meant in dripping sarcasm, I learned long ago it doesn’t translate well to text conversations.
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There is a bunch of topics that I don’t agree with. The best thing to do is just mute the topic. @Foreigner and @DougDawson I agree with the comments. Now if we had a thumbs down in this topic we would definitely probably be fighting. That is why it’s on a timer.
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On a side note. We’ve already seen somebody get triggered by a " 
" reaction emoji today …just saying 
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