Leosghost - 12:13 am on Sep 18, 2012 (gmt 0)

Upvoting and down voting of posts adds nothing to any forum, it merely encourages "cliques"..we each know who we listen to ( even if we may not agree with them generally on on particular points ) and who we respect, and who has the "cred" in our individual eyes, so that we follow or pay more attention to their posts, even if they might sometimes be at odds with our own ideas or hypotheses..

Many would be amazed at some of those to whom I particularly give "cred" to , for example, as from reading posts and threads, we would not appear to get on...

If you need "vote buttons" to let you know who is worth reading and listening to, you haven't been reading and listening attentively enough..