thanks, i also realize thumbs and vote issues can be controversial, yet gd to have some thinking about expressing a dislike w/o hurting the author in the pocket and w/o having to write up (let alone starting) an argument. still, thumbing down should be v expensive (like 1 BLURT?) because u really want to express, say, disgust worthy of a full BLURT$ from my own pocket whereas thumbing down for mere disagreement would not easily be deemed worth the hard earned 1 BLURT coin. in other words its perhaps more a disgust counter. EDIT: again, not to hurt the author because what i find totally disgusting u may find appropriate or even very worthy! just blurting happily here!