up-vote and down-vote

I'm on another site that I believe has this very same board engine. their we have the ability to up-vote a post if we agree with it or think someone makes a great point. On the flip side if someone is off topic or just isn't adding anything to the thread/discussion you can down-vote them. if the down-votes outnumber the up-votes by like 4 votes than the disliked post will collapse so someone reading the thread can choose to read it or not.

With all due respect, I don't like this suggestion. Would vote it down if I could It just turns into a popularity contest before long. I've seen it happen elsewhere.

i prefer no ratings, not thumbs up or down as well.

Right now, it doesn't look like it's a happening thing here at TSN.