said by Dersgniw :

Well, I imagine it could cause some problems.

i.e.

Red posts something anti-Bush in Red Room.

He gets 10 thumbs up from known Blues.

That incites Red into IM'ing these 10 Blues to let them know he hates them and he doesn't agree with those libs on anything else.

Replace Red with Blue and Bush with Hillary for the reverse situation.

Jeffrey, as a Blue, do you really want Reds thumbing your post? From all the animosity between the two groups, I'd bet most wouldn't.

said by nwrickert :

Thanks for raising this.

I don't post in either room. I have occasionally considered giving a thumb to a good post in one of the two rooms. I have avoided it, because I was not sure of the consequences.

Maybe someone can clarify the situation.

said by draven :

The ability was removed a short while after the rooms were created without a defined reason.

Giving a thumb does not "lock you" into a room, but posting in one room takes away your ability to thumb posts in the other room.

said by Subaru :

If I agree with a person said in another room I will PM that person telling them why i agree and give them my side.

said by GercekSeytan :

"sign"

What can it hurt? The only person who'll see it (I think) is the poster. Hell, while the 'thumbs-down' could be abused, the thumbs-up might intrigue the person receiving it enough to get a little personal, non-profanity laced dialog going.

Could be interesting.

said by Maxo :

I thought about this a week ago. I really liked what a "Red" guy had to say and wanted to give the post a simple thumbs up, but was blocked from doing so. I was going to raise the issue here but never got around to it.
*Sign*

said by GercekSeytan :

"sign"

What can it hurt? The only person who'll see it (I think) is the poster.

said by ghostpainter :

***Sign***

While I am a Red Room Denizen, once in a while I do see a post that deserves a thumbs up in the blue room.

I suppose I could and have sent an IM to them but since they know I am of the other room they wont answer, you know kind of like erasing a spam email that you see in your mailbox and you dont even read it even if it is good....So being able to give them a thumbs up would solve that for me.