Man I am grateful gamefaqs has no kind of upvote downvote reddit-like function..

Let me blogfaqs for a bit.

Because I swear some redditors have brainrot and just abuse downvoting for petty reasons like being wrong in a internet argument. I know I shouldn't even take this crap seriously but dammit this one in particular got to me lol since I am a chronic illness patient that have been dealing with these kinds of medications for majority of my life at this point.

This one was on the pain management subreddit. TC makes a thread because they want to know what their next controlled medicine prescription pick up date will be since they are going somewhere for awhile and requested a early refill.

TC has a good reputation with their doctor and so the doc was completely fine with granting the early refill quest. Same with the pharmacist they usually go to.

Some posters said "the early refill days will be added to your regular pick up date next month." (Basically if TC picks up their refill at 28 days, then they would have to wait 32 days for their next fill since they "technically" should have 2 days worth of medicines still).

I posted "they have always just counted from my prescription pick-up date". (Basically even if I get a early refill, then those 2 extra days are just 2 extra days of medicine I receive because hey, shit happens. Sometimes we just need to take extra pain pills in a month. If I have a 28 day refill then it will simply be 30 days until my next fill....nothing more, nothing less. (although even another 2 day or 1 day early refill pick up is fine if I really needed it. As long as both the doctor is fine with it and the pharmacist is fine with it then its ok).

I get the crap downvoted out of me for "being wrong". Some others quoted my posts going "nuh-uh".

I did apologize for my very first post in that thread since the way I came off I kind of sounded like the way I always got my refills was a fact for every person. I've since made another post saying "its up to the individual doctor and pharmacist", but I have actually posted proof via my humana claims (important info of course scrubbed out/wiped) of the last 3 months showing that I indeed just get my refills 30 days from the last, w/ 2 day or 1 day early refills allowed and never counted in some sort of "total".

......gets downvoted more. My refills just aren't possible. Poster accuses me of always needing to be right.

Thank you gamefaqs for not having some sort of dumbass upvote for circlejerks downvote for butt-blasted button, lol.

Reddit will downvote you for going even slightly against the gain.

I wish I had gold to give you for this OP.

Edit: Thanks for the gold kind stranger!

I'll be downvoting

I was massively downvoted once for calling Taylor Swift a qt.

I said FF16 should win OST of the year in 2023 and people got real upset about this.

I always hear complaints about the Reddit downvote/upvote system but Ive never used reddit so have no first hand experience with it. I mean its not like your post disappears does it? If its just a downvote who cares? Its like when YouTube had visible likes/dislikes it had zero impact on a video to me. Is that any different than a bunch of people quoting something you say on gamefaqs to argue against it?

They encourage conformity and the tyranny of small-minded people.

Honestly it's not even the downvoting that's the problem. Upvoting leads to a group think that tosses most other discussion aside. If you're not early and in agreement with the majority, your comment is basically irrelevant.

Metal_Gear_Raxis posted...

Reddit will downvote you for going even slightly against the gain.

Real talk I got downvoted on the jrpg board once for saying "I rather get the steam version to play on the steamdeck" in a topic for FF7 crisis core reunion, lol. Friggin' eggshells all over the place.

Were_Wyrm posted...

I wish I had gold to give you for this OP.

I appreciate it. Hook me up with them golds.

Spidey5 posted...

I'll be downvoting

Come on spidey don't be like that. Times like these we have to band together against crap downvotes. You have great power and great responsibility to use them upvotes for the bros.

VeggetaX posted...

I was massively downvoted once for calling Taylor Swift a qt.

I'll upvote you bro. Point me in the right direction. Fuck that one subreddit, lol.

archizzy posted...

I always hear complaints about the Reddit downvote/upvote system but Ive never used reddit so have no first hand experience with it. I mean its not like your post disappears does it? If its just a downvote who cares? Its like when YouTube had visible likes/dislikes it had zero impact on a video to me. Is that any different than a bunch of people quoting something you say on gamefaqs to argue against it?

With enough downvotes your post gets hidden by default with a browser having to click a button to the side to unfurl the quote-chain or whatever.

Normally I wouldn't give a shit, but it does bother me if someone is answering a question legitmately but they get downvoted for no real reason or a petty reason.

Think about it this way.........lets go back in time when the original model of the nintendo DS just came out. Remember how when the GBA SP came out and it did not have a actual 3.5 audio headphone jack? When the DS came out that audio jack was added back. Anywho, lets assume that on reddit a poster wanted to actually know if the nintendo DS had that audio jack back, and someone answered "yea, its back". A bunch of trolls decided to downvote that legit answer and lie saying this answer was wrong. The answer is now hidden away.......it kind of gets your goat right? That is how I am feeling about this pain management subreddit topic I was posting in, lol.

Reddit is an awful place for most discussion. There is no room for any critical thinking or dissent.

I miss downvoting. Most sides I know about only permit upvoting.

Ain't reading all that but down votes and upvotes would be hilarious

Toonstrack posted...

Ain't reading all that but down votes and upvotes would be hilarious

Don't got to read it, just give me all the upvotes on reddit.

Part of the reason Reddit enforces so much circlejerk, you either agree with the sub or get downvoted.

Generally the most voted is either the funniest or some sarcastic quip.

archizzy posted...

I always hear complaints about the Reddit downvote/upvote system but Ive never used reddit so have no first hand experience with it. I mean its not like your post disappears does it? If its just a downvote who cares? Its like when YouTube had visible likes/dislikes it had zero impact on a video to me. Is that any different than a bunch of people quoting something you say on gamefaqs to argue against it?

It does influences things a bit but not much. Upvoted posts gets the spotlight and the downvoted ones gets hidden and thrown into the backburner of the log. Part of the reason it is so annoying to talk because there's barely a sorting order in there. Reddit threads enforces more group reaction than group discussion.

Part of the reason I miss forums.

Man.....that reddit poster giving me a hard time the most actually kind of apologized.

That is pretty damn rare when it comes to net arguments, lol.
https://youtu.be/TdiJt19PZlY?t=34

Well, time to figure out what I am going to eat today. Friggin' reddit downvotes.

Mad-Dogg posted...

Man.....that reddit poster giving me a hard time the most actually kind of apologized.

That is pretty damn rare when it comes to net arguments, lol.

In my experience the redditors just delete their comments and hide like nothing happened.

I guess either they delete their comment or they continue being stubborn like nothing ever happened. (If you prove them wrong in someway that can't be argued against).

At this point I'll take this small victory when I can get it when it comes to reddit, lol.

I get my jollies down voting people tbh

I bet some of ya' do you degenerates, lol. Over there drive-by downvoting.

I drive-by downvote too. Especially when someone insults one piece on the anime or manga board.