"I'll keep complaining about this until The admin does something about it by removing downbids altogether, so we can end this childish popularity contest. He probably won't. In either case, too bad, you'll just have to keep putting up with me."
The bidding system isn't supposed to "stifle free speech." You are free to say whatever you want and we welcome it. The purpose of the bidding system is to allow members of the community to respond without necessarily posting a comment.
I think your debate on HD DVD & BD impacts on consoles was very good. I don't think you should be discouraged if some people don't like your arguments for whatever reason, this will always happen on an Internet forum.
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"I'll keep complaining about this until The admin does something about it by removing downbids altogether, so we can end this childish popularity contest. He probably won't. In either case, too bad, you'll just have to keep putting up with me."
The bidding system isn't supposed to "stifle free speech." You are free to say whatever you want and we welcome it. The purpose of the bidding system is to allow members of the community to respond without necessarily posting a comment.
I think your debate on HD DVD & BD impacts on consoles was very good. I don't think you should be discouraged if some people don't like your arguments for whatever reason, this will always happen on an Internet forum.