Could someone please explain about the thumbs up/down on posts and replies... who can use it? how is it enabled? I thought you were supposed on the thumb but that hasn't worked for me. Is there is a certain ratio you must have? A certain number of posts? Thank you and God bless you. I can't find the answer anywhere else.

“It is like a finga, pointing away to da moon...(smack)...Donnn’t concentwate on da finga, ow you miss owww dat heavenwy gwowy!”

It should be disabled altogether.

That's impossible.

These have all been very useful replies. #sarcasm Hebrews 13:16

I am not going to spell out the rules for when voting is enabled. That would allow trolls, manipulators, and other undesirables to more efficiently manipulate the system. I want to maintain a bit of mystery.

Here is the bottom line:

1. EVERYONE IS ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE in the upvoting and downvoting. Without exception.
2. Brand-new members are not allowed to vote right away.
3. Stay a member, contribute to the forum normally, and you WILL be able to participate in voting before long.
4. You will never be able to up/downvote a single post from "before you registered". The theory is: you shouldn't be concerned with threads that happened before your time. This is an encouragement to SIGN UP NOW, before any other posts get posted that you're dying to be able to vote on! The longer you wait to sign up for an account, the more posts you'll never be able to vote on -- even after your account "matures".

I'm locking the thread.