Recently, I've noticed lots of spouts about the "thumbs up/down"

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Ocean City - Recently, I've noticed lots of spouts about the "thumbs up/down" feature. I think most know that it does not appear in the print version and it really serves no purpose, other than perhaps to let the "thumber" feel that he or she has put his/her "two cents" in. Some are ridiculous; how can you vote against someone thanking the doctors who cured her cancer? But I have noticed lately that anti-Obama spouts quickly receive a flurry of "thumbs down," in numbers that are not statistically consistent with others. That means that someone repeatedly logs in to "thumbs down." That's sad.

Print Publication Date: 
12/16/2015