Can we get a new category for posts besides "Helpful" and "Solved"?

Because there should be a button for "Opposite of Helpful" to label those posts that pretend to be answers, but are really just a waste of pixels or a means for someone to get their message count up.
Most of the time the users are fantastic and helpful and at least try to help you solve a problem, even if they don't have the answer.
But then there are The Others.
And rather than indulge in a slanging match, it would be nice to just click on an "Unhelpful" button to stop some (hypothetical) poster from advising you to (hypothetically) "Get a Dell!" to solve your Mac problems.

Hello fogharty,
As Nick posted above that system of applying helpful/unhelpful to posts was tried a few years back and was found to not work as many users abused it and it did not function the way it was intended.
Once you have achieved level two status through acquiring points in the current system you will be able to report posts to the moderators to have them edited or deleted if they don't follow the Terms of Use of the forums. You also can always post your concerns about a topic/post here in this forum for the moderators to attend to. Just include a link to the offending post or topic.
One never knows though, the system might changes again but that is up to the powers that be
littleshoulders

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