thumbs up versus shields

here you go Debono....
some food for thought for you and the team

I have taken the liberty of copying Iron mikes' post, where he raised a very valid point..

a shield is earned for 1000's of low value, low content posts....or zilch criteria, ie just high number of posts

versus we on the politics forum are not allowed a thumbs
up for a thought provoking or interesting, valid post...


extract from iron mikes post.....
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So ------ we, the Right,lose our thumbs!

I have posted lots - but, apart from thumbs, of which, yes, I did get a lot, I have never earned a shield.

Yet, looking at the shield allotment criteria, I now learn that one can earn a shield just for posting often??? No matter what the quality of the posts? And I do not reflect on your particular capabilities either way in that regard, Eagle, but one is rewarded just for frequency???

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where is the difference between that, and the thumb system, which has to be earned by the composition of a presumably "well stated or considered" post, which takes up a lot of time, and which, in more meaningful manner (as it is the opinion of your poster peers,) also meant to indicate a so-called "top post?"