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Re: "usefull post" Button

albummaster — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 03:32:59 GMT

Author: albummaster

Posted: 11/15/2013 08:32

Personally, I don't think it's bad idea to have a 'thanks' button as that might weed out some very short posts, like HigherThanTheSun mentioned, but I disagree with the part about being awarded points for each vote as that could lead to all sorts of gamesmanship.

We debated a similar idea a while back. A couple of things stopped this being implemented last time: One was me getting in the way a bit & wanting to use the idea to help police the forums (by adding a down-vote too - which, in hindsight, might not have been the brightest idea); & second, people were worried about the feature helping to enforce clique behaviour.

Re: "usefull post" Button

benpaco — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 20:46:55 GMT

Author: benpaco

Posted: 11/15/2013 01:46

SilverWalrus wrote:

just look at Reddit.

This. The great thing here is everyone's opinions, for the most part, are going to get read. With upvotes, it gets a lot weirder. A lot of the best things I've seen on reddit were buried in threads due to the strange upvoting system.

Also I don't mean to be mean about it, I don't know if you're English learning or just made a mistake, we all do it, but its "useful" not "usefull".

Re: "usefull post" Button

HigherThanTheSun — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 20:45:57 GMT

Author: HigherThanTheSun

Posted: 11/15/2013 01:45

It would be cool for there to be an easy way of showing you agree with someone or that you appreciate their post without actually having to post yourself with "this" or " 🤣 " which make for pretty terrible posts.

Still, I think on the whole it's a bad idea for a whole load of reasons, mainly that people will be less honest with their posts and that the forums could quickly become a popularity contest.

Re: "usefull post" Button

Anonymous — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 19:27:51 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/15/2013 00:27

Upvotes are cancer to discussion, just look at Reddit. I think we should try and avoid a system like that.

Re: "usefull post" Button

mickilennial — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 16:53:41 GMT

Author: mickilennial

Posted: 11/14/2013 21:53

It'd play like a karma system that other message boards have wouldn't it? I've always been unsure about karma systems as they are abused in my experiences.

Re: "usefull post" Button

SuedeSwede — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 15:45:34 GMT

Author: SuedeSwede

Posted: 11/14/2013 20:45

If you mean comments there is already an upvote.
But one for the forums wouldn't be too bad.

"usefull post" Button

Behrus58 — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 10:04:31 GMT

Author: Behrus58

Posted: 11/14/2013 15:04

Sometimes some posts are so so so great that you want to thank that person for writing it.I think there should be a "thanks button" or sth like that.and it can have 1 point for the user for each "tnx" that the post gets.