OK... So how do we remove the points and correct answers system?

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May 18, 2009
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There have been a lot of posts in the thread, "Is the "point system" here helpful at all?" The general consensus seems to be negative. Apart from that particular thread, there have been numerous references to the sheer a$$inity of the point system as well as the "Correct" answer mis-feature.

So, how do we go about getting Adobe to remove these half-a$$ed Jive ACE features? I have a few suggestions:

1/ Draw up a list of forums and flood them with inane questions to which we award answers on a random basis

2/ Approach John C and Kanguyen with reasoned arguments – an effort doomed to failure as the 'powers that be' are so narcissusly taken with this brainwave – sorry, brain-aberration – of theirs that they will refuse to see logic

3/ Flame all good posters who, through no fault of their own get points – (though, i suspect some of them get a kind of vicarious pleasure) – till they run screaming to the Adobe Panjandrums to revoke these features, This effort is doubtful but workable if persons of repute pour scorn on those accepting points...

4/ Any other ideas?

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Correct answer

Give them to me now!!!

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Anonymous

#1 sounds like the most fun to me, and it'll eventually work*.

*IF it's possible at all with these crap forums.

And @ (I think Ramon?) or whoever said they've been blocking the fancy features using 3rd party software:

One, I couldn't install an adblocker even if I wanted. But second--the features still will effect others in the forums and will impact others blocking the junk in some way anyway.

I wonder if all that point tracking slows down database response time at all.

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JayJhabrixAuthor

Inspiring

The blocking part affects only you, as the user, who has implemented it... right? Most guys haven't bothered... or don't know about it or couldn't care less...

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Anonymous

Hmm, he said Adblock plus, dunno anything more than that. But it's not so much the fact that I'm seeing the silliness, it's the effect it has on other people (who I have to interact with) and any performance impact it may have that bothers me.

MichaelKazlow

Brainiac

If you really want to effect corporate policy, write here:

Corporate headquarters

Adobe Systems Incorporated
345 Park Avenue
San Jose, CA 95110-2704

A well thought out letter by hundreds of users might do the trick. But to be honest there only seem to be an active dozen or so people who seem to care.

Harbs.

Brainiac

If you really want to effect corporate policy, write here:

>

h5. Corporate headquarters
Adobe Systems Incorporated
345 Park Avenue
San Jose, CA 95110-2704

Very good idea!

I'm sure there are more people than you think. Most folks aren't going

to reiterate what's been said countless times. If someone wants to

write the copy for that letter, I for one will print it out and send

it in! (I'm not much of a letter writer myself.)

Harbs

Ramón G Castañeda

Inspiring

JayJhabrix wrote:
4/ Any other ideas?

My approach was to block all traces of wanted items with Adblock Plus, i.e. points, red blobs, numbers of posts, avatars, stars, correct answer stars, answer bar, etc., and just ignore them. But that's just short term.