Some interesting points raised here!
I'll just give my own perspective, fwiw. At the moment, we aren't doing anything with data related to a given user's thumbs-ups, thumbs-downs, and no-thumbs.
The vital need that this post-game question intends to address is a lack of member education about the tools available to shield oneself from disrespectful or abusive behavior. Someone earlier said that blocking was the best feature in Live Chess. That's maybe a little jaded, but it IS important - and new members don't know.
I appreciate the difficulty of assessing nuances of sportsmanship & the culture of Live Chess - or even the sub-cultures of Bullet vs Rapid - or even between people who play with an increment vs those who never would. Resigning vs playing on in a lost position. To draw or not to draw. But that's not really what this question is asking about; it's asking about this stuff and this stuff. So...
- Please don't worry about your opponent thumbing you down for not resigning fast enough (or for winning, etc.). If they don't follow through and actually Report or Block you, nothing has actually changed.
- Likewise, if you don't actually wish to Block, Report, Friend, or say "Good game!" to your opponent, then feel entirely free to ignore the question.
Does that make sense? Would rephrasing the question help? (Of course, we didn't want to go with "Was your opponent a jerk?" )
Thank you for replying. I have been worried about the not resigning thing because I can't really tell when I should.
I did report someone the other day because from the start of the game, he was messaging me several times to resign and said it was because I was 'not on his level'. Was reporting him the right thing to do or is that kind of behaviour ok?
<<or say "Good game!" to your opponent>>
That's creepy.