lol!

$1 per thumb up, now that would be very cool. Unfortunately such is not the case.

What I was trying to say was that if you are going to give a thumbs down or up, it would be great to give a short comment.

You know, get some banter going etc. This is how people can learn and the discussions can spawn to new directions and so forth.

Consider too that the thumbs up/down can serve as an indication to the blog post's rating or worthiness.

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