Hey there Muffy. Nice to see all members who write on this forum but let me ask you: If I checked "disagree" on your post would it discourage you from posting more? In general we all have different opinions and a forum is the place to state yours, but the way this forum works, when you click "disagree" on my previous post it is a form of saying "You Are Wrong" and it goes on the posters permanent record so most of us rarely use the "disagree" or the "dislike" buttons unless we are looking for an argument. So I've given my opinion and as the title of the thread said: "Opinions wanted" so feel free to give this a like or a dislike and I'll do the same for your posts.
Going off of memory, so need to confirm with Dustin, I think he changed that a while back so that only 'abhorrent' and 'trolling' count as negatives on our profiles now. He actually gave me a 'disagree' on a post a week or two ago yet I still have zero negative rating on my profile.
I give up. You win. No more "Disagree", "Dislike" or "Not Funny" ratings on thread replies. They can still be given to the original post of a thread by members with more than 25 posts. Acceptable compromise?
FWIW: What most people will notice first: The neutral ratings recorded on your profile page don't really matter and aren't seen by many (I don't think that guests can even view profile pages). They also don't make that go away. It goes there based solely off of positive rating to post ratio.