Why don`t the people you know pop in a bit more often, then they wouldn`t have missed the chance to vote. Saying that, they can`t really be that interested in the forum at all if they only visit occasionally. As for the family you keep bringing up, i`ve only got 3 family members that use the site and they have their own opinions. So that means another 2 people voted to get rid of the negs. Fact is, the majority of the voters wanted the option to neg people gone. Deal with it.