If I could just have one more topping, please...
OK, this is something that is really not that big a deal at all, just something I've been thinking about recenlty (yeah, I probably do need some help). Over the past week, my score has dropped by three points on three separate occasions. I know what you're thinking... 'How can that be? There's never been a problem with JU's math before...' Well, it's not a problem with the math, I can assure you.
I've been trolled. Now, the next thing to pop into your mind is 'How can that be? chiprj is the sweetest guy on JU! Who would troll him?' OK, so the only person really thinking that would be my mom... no, that's not true... she knows me too well, too.
Now, I don't have a complaint about being trolled. I'm sure I deserved it, wherever it came from. I've said many things here on the forums that was troll-worthy. I've also made liberal use of the troll button (as well as the interesting and insightful features). I mean, if you get on a thread and hijack it in a mean, name-calling way, I'm gonna reach out and touch you. Conversely, if you post an article that shows that you are obviously clueless about the facts (I'm not talking about opinion, I mean if you are flat out so wrong about something that you can't even spell the terminology right, let alone find out anything about the topic in the first place), I'm going to make some mean comments in your direction. And, I should get trolled for doing that, too. I mean, that's exactly what I'm doing. I freely admit it. I troll. I've done this a few times and I'd just like to know what I'm getting slapped for.
Now, that brings us to the title of this article. I realize that the ice cream is free. I enjoy the ice cream here at JU. It is very tasty! And I truly do appreciate it. But, if I could just have on more topping, please. This is my suggestion and if any admin/Stardock/Joeuser employee should happen to read this and think think I should shove my suggestion where the sun doesn't shine, well that's OK. I'm just suggesting here. I really don't know how hard a job it would be to add a feature like this. Please don't think I'm in any way trying to demand something. I will live happily with this JU ice cream for free as long as you offer it.
My suggestion is this - could there be an alert that goes out if you receive a trolling, insightful, or interesting ranking. As near as I can tell right now, you can only tell if you see that your score has been affected. There is already a mechanism in place to lets you know that an article in your watchlist is updated, so would it be possible to add something like that into that mechanism? Nothing like, 'you've been trolled by user X, you fool!' But maybe something that says you've been rated an Insightful for a comment on a particular article. No need to say who it was that rated you. Nothing good can come from that. But maybe a note saying you've been trolled or insightfulled.
Maybe I'm asking too much. If so, that's fine. Just something I've been thinking about.
The other title I thought of for this was 'Did You Troll Me?' but I figured I shouldn't confuse people with my 'Did You Call Me?'... I mean, confusing the readers could lead me to get more trollings... And I am trying to be good, so we don't want any of that... HAHAHAHA!