Perhaps there a misconception on my part on what a thumbs up or down on a message represents.  I  assumed most use it as an indicator of whether you found in the post helpful in understanding what you own = thumbs up.  Normally cheerleading gets you nothing. You get thumbs down if I disagree with what you post, find it -  offensive, too redundant, jibberish, usless clutter and so on and so forth.  I gave out plenty of reds, but on the post not the poster.  I think some people might be taking the thumbs down as a personal insult, when it's not.  Hope I have used the button correctly. I lost the users manual.   In any case, I've decided the thumbs might be  detrimental to the board.  I will not be using thumbs from here on.   GLTA Opty