Of all the sad illegitimates on here who delight on giving me a minus on all my posts I will stop posting you sick  gits.

Just turn them off then.

Quoted from grimsby pete

Of all the sad illegitimates on here who delight on giving me a minus on all my posts I will stop posting you sick  gits.

Pete, as everyone else is going to say, just ignore them fella, don’t stop posting your thoughts as it adds to some good conversations. 😎
UTMM

Bollox to them Pete, don’t let a few red crosses get you down some of them on here only want opinions they agree with bunch of fascists!  
check out my aproval rating if your still feeling hard done by 😂

Just turn the ticks and crosses off Pete. Better still Rob, turn them off for everyone....please!

What's happened now? Have I missed something?

Pete, I posted that I didn't think we'd win many points in November and about 12 people wet their pants and red crossed me, but I've decided to soldier on for the sake of my kids and that.

And yeah, check out my approval rating. I've got +9000 just like you, so we must be right all the time and they're wrong.

;-)

Quoted from grimsby pete

Of all the sad illegitimates on here who delight on giving me a minus on all my posts I will stop posting you sick  gits.

Pete your approval rating is nearly 10,000 which means you have nearly 10,000 more green ticks than red crosses. Please try and get some perspective!

I know criticism can be painful but we dish it out in spades on here, we have to be able to take it on the chin as well sometimes.

GIve it a rest for a couple of days and come back recharged  :)

Quote from chrissy from a few weeks ago:

“I had a word with Pete about all the red X's and he told me he was not aware as he does not see them.
He thinks some people just red X him whatever he says because of his views on Fenty”

What’s changed?

Hey Pete, it happens a lot. I get them even on non-controversial posts so there's clearly a few muppets and a few fat-fingered buggers who mean to tick the tick.

I can honestly say as far as I can remember I have never red crossed you pete....keep posting and don't let the b@stards grind you down mate   :)

Quoted from KingstonMariner

Hey Pete, it happens a lot. I get them even on non-controversial posts so there's clearly a few muppets and a few fat-fingered buggers who mean to tick the tick.

I've done it myself, red crossed instead of ticked with my big fat fingers.
Felt guilty, then thought fcuk em, they're probably cnuts anyway. 😁

Quoted from GYinScuntland

I've done it myself, red crossed instead of ticked with my big fat fingers.
Felt guilty, then thought fcuk em, they're probably cnuts anyway. 😁

Is this the sort of girl private you mean GYiS? (dwarf)

look at it from another perspective...even red crosses could help you get post of the week...post something really contentious and watch the red crosses take you to glory...turning a negative to a positive

What did I miss!!??

Who cares about red ticks have i got the wrong idea i thought it was all about opinions , discussions  , and news didn't realise some thought it was a popularity contest .

Bit OTT pete. Just ignore it. Its really not worth getting worked up about.

Just because someone agrees or disagrees with your posts isn’t harmful imo. It’s a message board for views and opinions ffs

If anyone doesn’t want to post anymore then fine, not a problem, the board moves on

UTM

Quoted from Grantley

Quote from chrissy from a few weeks ago:

“I had a word with Pete about all the red X's and he told me he was not aware as he does not see them.
He thinks some people just red X him whatever he says because of his views on Fenty”

What’s changed?

What are you suggesting?

Dont let it worry you pete,, you are as entitled to your own views as the next man.  Imo they should be taken off the site all together ,

Water off a duck's back to me. I understand that my views are controversial and will most likely polarise, they will attract high numbers in terms of both ticks and crosses. All part of the game.

Non-football?

Pete, just take the view that if people marking a post down can't be bothered to actually reply to disagree, then their opinion isn't worth noting.

You've got a high approval rating so you obviously don't talk shite all the time.  :P

Thoughts and prayers with Pete at this difficult time

Very rarely Red Cross unless I find the post offensive but quite often Green  Cross don’t let it get you down

The Fenty brigade red cross me on every comment no matter how factuall = result I have rattled them.

All the red button means is "disagree with this post". It doesn't mean I put a curse on the poster for life. Not everyone might realise that because not all devices show tooltips so here's a screenshot

[img]https://image.ibb.co/gXjfQ0/Untitled.jpg[/img]

Some touchy souls on here , grow some

Quoted from grimsby pete

Of all the sad illegitimates on here who delight on giving me a minus on all my posts I will stop posting you sick  gits.

I have never red crossed any of your posts Pete, in fact I've never even noticed a post from you.

Only joking. :)

At least you know you are loved mate, nobody tried to talk 80s Glory out of it, when he said he was leaving.

Talk about red cross, get red cross. So it ever was, so it ever will be.

Quoted from MeanwoodMariner

Thoughts and prayers with Pete at this difficult time

x

I was really down last after hearing some very sad family news,

Thanks for all the support I will just take a break,

AND

Switch the bloody thing off again.

It's an online football forum Pete, you're a grown man and you're getting upset over a few red crosses from people you don't know.

Haway man, you're better than that.

See you about again soon with you wonderful insight

Quoted from GrimRob

All the red button means is "disagree with this post". It doesn't mean I put a curse on the poster for life. Not everyone might realise that because not all devices show tooltips so here's a screenshot

[img]https://image.ibb.co/gXjfQ0/Untitled.jpg[/img]

Perhaps it should say "Don't shoot the messenger" ;)

I think this is what Pete means. Like the rest of us, Pete doesn't mind being disagreed with, or if someone puts a counter argument. And we all say things somebody somewhere will disagree with.

But there are undoubtedly trolls on here who will deliberately red cross any post by certain posters they have taken a dislike to, regardless of what that post says ..... even if it was offering them a free season ticket!

Keep posting Pete.

Quoted from Grantley

Quote from chrissy from a few weeks ago:

“I had a word with Pete about all the red X's and he told me he was not aware as he does not see them.
He thinks some people just red X him whatever he says because of his views on Fenty”

What’s changed?

Pete switched them back on again I have told him as he suffers with depression to switch them off and keep them switched off.

You need to get over yourself mate . Are x’s and ticks really that important ?

Quoted from grimsby pete

I was really down last after hearing some very sad family news,

Thanks for all the support I will just take a break,

AND

Switch the bloody thing off again.

At least keep having a go on the prediction thread pete.....you've jumped up the table recently   :)

Quoted from promotion plaice

At least keep having a go on the prediction thread pete.....you've jumped up the table recently   :)

And the Prediction League that I run too. Down to the last 16 now!!

Quoted from promotion plaice

At least keep having a go on the prediction thread pete.....you've jumped up the table recently   :)

Now that does deserve a x Pete

I never got anywhere close to the final 16 so demand a steward's inquiry    ;)

We live in a world where it is so easy to criticise and harm, even without realising what we are doing.

Pete had a much publicised problem on here years ago and the Fishy community reacted absolutely brilliantly. Some times these forums are a person's only link to the outside world - I'm not saying it is in Pete's case - and it becomes an almost surrogate friend to communicate with.

As someone who has periodically suffered with mental health issues I'm glad I'm able to divorce what happens online from reality. Some can't. I think we all ought to be just that little bit more careful when putting a red cross down, or a disparaging remark. Am with others on here though who see the approval ratings as unnecessary. They serve no purpose, but they do have the capacity to hurt. I'd do away with them as well.

Quoted from jock dock tower

We live in a world where it is so easy to criticise and harm, even without realising what we are doing.

Pete had a much publicised problem on here years ago and the Fishy community reacted absolutely brilliantly. Some times these forums are a person's only link to the outside world - I'm not saying it is in Pete's case - and it becomes an almost surrogate friend to communicate with.

As someone who has periodically suffered with mental health issues I'm glad I'm able to divorce what happens online from reality. Some can't. I think we all ought to be just that little bit more careful when putting a red cross down, or a disparaging remark. Am with others on here though who see the approval ratings as unnecessary. They serve no purpose, but they do have the capacity to hurt. I'd do away with them as well.

if someone is that bothered by a red cross i'd tell them to grow up and get a life, people are entitled to an opinion, i have mental health issues, i have depression and anxiety and i take medication for it, but fgs someone disagreeing with you on a post is not a big deal, just bloody turn them off if it offends so much. this is very very over the top

Quoted from Hagrid

if someone is that bothered by a red cross i'd tell them to grow up and get a life, people are entitled to an opinion, i have mental health issues, i have depression and anxiety and i take medication for it, but fgs someone disagreeing with you on a post is not a big deal, just bloody turn them off if it offends so much. this is very very over the top

I agree Hagrid in many ways,  but I'm sure from what you say, you will personally appreciate that one person's minor irritation is another's last straw. Just telling them to 'get a life' or 'get on with it' or 'just ignore it' or words to that effect is not really going to help. As I said earlier on, it isn't the people who disagree with what he writes that cause the reaction Pete has had.

Yeah, funny how we're always described as generation snowflake...

I get red crosses existing.  Water off a ducks back. Wear your crosses with pride

We all have our red crosses to bear.

Quoted from Maringer

Pete, just take the view that if people marking a post down can't be bothered to actually reply to disagree, then their opinion isn't worth noting.

You've got a high approval rating so you obviously don't talk shite all the time.  :P

He fking does !

to be fair I get red crossed, and yes its disheartening in a way, but then I look it at another angle Pete, and take it as constructive criticism after all I do talk sh..  ;D

Quoted from realist

I get red crosses existing.  Water off a ducks back. Wear your crosses with pride

Holy smokes Realist how low can you go...I say how low can you go ;D

Quoted from grimsby pete

Of all the sad illegitimates on here who delight on giving me a minus on all my posts I will stop posting you sick  gits.

Join the flipping club mate! See you Saturday - save me a seat in the old farts front row as usual

What's an 'approval rating'?

Don't let the boring illegitimates hound you out Pete, you're a valued member of the board!

Green tick me or red cross me i genuinely couldn't give a fvck.

Don’t wish to offend anyone, but sometimes this forum just seems like a big love-in sometimes. People posting their greviences and problems on here and then a swarm of people jump in giving sympathy and basically behind licking to the poster! I’m sorry, life hasn’t always been great to me, and no doubt to many others but I don’t post about it on here to get sympathy that I know is forthcoming, Again, don’t wish to offend.

I can see the point in the green crosses - it saves posters from quoting and posting "This" (or similar).

The red crosses strike me as illogical for an open forum - if anyone disagrees with a post you would
want them to post their reasons why (to broaden the discussion), rather than simply registering an
uninformative red cross.

Much more malignant, in my view, is the 'Reputation' rating...where you can give a negative rating to the
person for expressing the views they hold. How the hell can that encourage open discussion?

Oh, and telling someone who suffers from depression to "cheer up", "man up" or "grow a pair" (etc)
shows you don't really understand the condition. If it was that easy they'd have done it already.

Quoted from 137

I can see the point in the green crosses - it saves posters from quoting and posting "This" (or similar).

The red crosses strike me as illogical for an open forum - if anyone disagrees with a post you would
want them to post their reasons why (to broaden the discussion), rather than simply registering an
uninformative red cross.

Much more malignant, in my view, is the 'Reputation' rating...where you can give a negative rating to the
person for expressing the views they hold. How the hell can that encourage open discussion?

Oh, and telling someone who suffers from depression to "cheer up", "man up" or "grow a pair" (etc)
shows you don't really understand the condition. If it was that easy they'd have done it already.

You are being very tunnel visioned. I made my comment ‘in general’ over the red crosses and if you look back there was no mention of any one having an  illness before I made it .
I accept your apology

Oh I thought it was kisses I was getting.

In the grand scheme of life a few red x on a poxy forum is no big deal ignore it Pete.

Quoted from Ipswin

Join the flipping club mate! See you Saturday - save me a seat in the old farts front row as usual

I see what you mean Pete. Why the intercourse this post of mine has attracted eight red crosses I don't know! Inbred girl privates

Quoted from Ipswin

I see what you mean Pete. Why the intercourse this post of mine has attracted eight red crosses I don't know! Inbred girl privates

Pete is not well Swin so will not be going to Cambridge,He said he is sorry and will see you at Colchester.

Quoted from chrissy

Pete is not well Swin so will not be going to Cambridge,He said he is sorry and will see you at Colchester.

That's a sodomist Chrissy. Wish him speedy recovery.

Quoted from 137

I can see the point in the green crosses - it saves posters from quoting and posting "This" (or similar).

The red crosses strike me as illogical for an open forum - if anyone disagrees with a post you would
want them to post their reasons why (to broaden the discussion), rather than simply registering an
uninformative red cross.

Much more malignant, in my view, is the 'Reputation' rating...where you can give a negative rating to the
person for expressing the views they hold. How the hell can that encourage open discussion?

Oh, and telling someone who suffers from depression to "cheer up", "man up" or "grow a pair" (etc)
shows you don't really understand the condition. If it was that easy they'd have done it already.

This.

I’ve red crossed your posts before, purely because I’ve disagreed with something you’ve said not how I perceive you as a person, the same way people have done the same to me.

Do I care? No. It’s a forum. It’s an opinion. It’s what makes this forum what it is - one of the best around. If we all had the same views it’d be an awful place to be.

You’re a grown adult Pete. Don’t get hung up on some red crosses. There’s more serious stuff in life to worry about.

Quoted from chrissy

Pete is not well Swin so will not be going to Cambridge,He said he is sorry and will see you at Colchester.

Thanks Chrissy Desperately sorry to hear that. I know he was looking forward to it, me too, we only see each other twice a year  Please give him my best and I will PM him in a few days

I like this idea better from another forum I use.
[img]https://i.imgur.com/a6q7bg1.jpg[/img]
I would just deactivate it Pete within the Board Settings if it really annoys you.
[img]https://i.imgur.com/GvkkKSs.jpg[/img]

Dummy well and truly spat

Quoted from KingstonMariner

That's a sodomist Chrissy. Wish him speedy recovery.

What stupid fornicators red crossed this? What is wrong with wishing someone a speedy recovery? Whoever it was are the real sick ones.

Whatever you do do not go on Britains got tallent

Quoted from KingstonMariner

What stupid fornicators red crossed this? What is wrong with wishing someone a speedy recovery? Whoever it was are the real sick ones.

And the cowardly girl privates won't even stick their heads above the parapet, even on an anonymous message board.

Turn them off then mate

Quoted from KingstonMariner

What stupid fornicators red crossed this? What is wrong with wishing someone a speedy recovery? Whoever it was are the real sick ones.

They just prove Pete’s point.

Quoted from chrissy

Pete is not well Swin so will not be going to Cambridge,He said he is sorry and will see you at Colchester.

Pete is going to Cambridge so I will see you there mate,

The initial cause of my recent bout of depression had nothing to do with anything on here it was the news of a sudden death of a nephew.

I do detest the ticks and crosses on here though I would rather somebody said you are talking rubbish Pete than say nothing but put a cross against the post.

I have switched it off again so that means I can not tick other posts that I think is good.sorry about that.

I do apologise for the language in my initial post it was uncalled for,

Please feel free to do what ever you want but I would rather you told me what you disagree with,

I would not take offence if you said I was talking balderdash its better than just a cross.

Quoted from KingstonMariner

What stupid fornicators red crossed this? What is wrong with wishing someone a speedy recovery? Whoever it was are the real sick ones.

I'm afraid it simply demonstrates what a load of inbred thick morons populate this board

Quoted from Ipswin

I'm afraid it simply demonstrates what a load of inbred thick morons populate this board

At over 3,300 posts would you include yourself in that statement?

Quoted from LH

At over 3,300 posts would you include yourself in that statement?

Being a mod would not exclude anyone either. ;)

Being a Mod with positive reputation exceeding 8,700 pretty much discounts the moron theory I'd say.

A rep of minus 2,000 is just the loud bloke in the pub who everyone rolls their eyes at.

Quoted from RoboCod

Being a Mod with positive reputation exceeding 8,700 pretty much discounts the moron theory I'd say.

A rep of minus 2,000 is just the loud bloke in the pub who everyone rolls their eyes at.

Yes but Swin is a nice bloke when you get to know him  ;)

Quoted from grimsby pete

Yes but Swin is a nice bloke when you get to know him  ;)

Not sure that chance will ever arise but...I'll take your word GYPete ::)

Quoted from RoboCod

Being a Mod with positive reputation exceeding 8,700 pretty much discounts the moron theory I'd say.

A rep of minus 2,000 is just the loud bloke in the pub who everyone rolls their eyes at.

But if you take Swin's word for it and everyone else but him is a like-minded moron, then they would not even recognise a genius in their midst. Hence he gets lots of red crosses and everyone else hoovers up green ticks.

Quoted from GrimRob

But if you take Swin's word for it and everyone else but him is a like-minded moron, then they would not even recognise a genius in their midst. Hence he gets lots of red crosses and everyone else hoovers up green ticks.

There's some kind of twisted logic in there Rob...I'll have a read of it again later after a lie-down (wacko)

Quoted from RoboCod

There's some kind of twisted logic in there Rob...I'll have a read of it again later after a lie-down (wacko)

No, it is perfectly straightforward and simple.

Quoted from TheRonRaffertyFanClub

No, it is perfectly straightforward and simple.

It's actually nonsense, a no goer as I don't take Swins word on this or anything, ever, so it's null and void.

Quoted from Nelly GTFC

I like this idea better from another forum I use.
[img]https://i.imgur.com/a6q7bg1.jpg[/img]
I would just deactivate it Pete within the Board Settings if it really annoys you.
[img]https://i.imgur.com/GvkkKSs.jpg[/img]

He told me that he'd already done this a couple of years ago=must be because he nearly lives down Sarth -they are different to us you know

Quoted from grimsby pete

Yes but Swin is a nice bloke when you get to know him  ;)

So in fact you’re saying he’s nothing more than a keyboard warrior with small man’s disease?

Quoted from GrimRob

But if you take Swin's word for it and everyone else but him is a like-minded moron, then they would not even recognise a genius in their midst. Hence he gets lots of red crosses and everyone else hoovers up green ticks.

Interpretation  " A thick person thinks an intelligent person is thick "  

Quoted from LH

At over 3,300 posts would you include yourself in that statement?

If you think so but I wouldn't be red crossing Pete or Kingston's postings that's for sure

A prophet is never welcome in his own Town.

Quoted from friskneymariner

A prophet is never welcome in his own Town.

A profit would be very welcome though(icon_lol)