Giving members an incentive to write good content is not the only advantage. If you are in a hurry and want to check a few interesting posts, you could just look how much likeable they are and decide if you want to read it or not.
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This topic has come up before. I can't find the thread now. My opinion? This isn't Facebook or reddit and we don't need this. We definitely don't need an e-peen measuring popularity contest either.
I think part of what I enjoy about getting know Geekhack is that you learn about people and their opinions. It's not based on some odd metric.
The way you describe how you surf your other forum, where you pick users with a score and read only their posts, just sounds like the ignore system here in a more positive tone.
This topic has come up before. I can't find the thread now. My opinion? This isn't Facebook or reddit and we don't need this. We definitely don't need an e-peen measuring popularity contest either.
I think part of what I enjoy about getting know Geekhack is that you learn about people and their opinions. It's not based on some odd metric.
This topic has come up before. I can't find the thread now. My opinion? This isn't Facebook or reddit and we don't need this. We definitely don't need an e-peen measuring popularity contest either.
I think part of what I enjoy about getting know Geekhack is that you learn about people and their opinions. It's not based on some odd metric.
100% this
A system like this is never properly used. I prefer to see a username and go "I know that CPT likes X over Y, but I like Y over X, so let's ask him why he thinks that" instead of "I know CPT likes X over Y, but I like Y over X, so let's downvote him and tell him he's wrong"
See the difference? It happens all the time.
UnlikeAny also puts is pretty well.
There are too many opinions and feelings around here this would make the cliques even worse.
There are too many opinions and feelings around here this would make the cliques even worse.Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/wBQdA1O.png)
There are too many opinions and feelings around here this would make the cliques even worse.
(https://i.imgur.com/1VYOVw1.jpg)There are too many opinions and feelings around here this would make the cliques even worse.Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/wBQdA1O.png)
Not having this option just hides you from the truth.
Well my idea kinda changed from the op message. There would be no rep shown for a person. You could not see how many rep which person has. Only on each post there would be a little button that would let you agree to that post, and a number which would show how many people do it.
Well my idea kinda changed from the op message. There would be no rep shown for a person. You could not see how many rep which person has. Only on each post there would be a little button that would let you agree to that post, and a number which would show how many people do it.
Still think this would be greatly abused and it just sounds like reddit/facebook to me which needs to stay there.
I honestly don't see a point, this topic has been brought up a few times but at the end of the day many great threads/posts are completely looked over by people and a lot of pointless threads with absolutely no value get posted/bumped continuously.
Believe me, in a few months or maybe even a few weeks this thread will be buried and someone will post again saying we need a like system, etc, etc.
Well my idea kinda changed from the op message. There would be no rep shown for a person. You could not see how many rep which person has. Only on each post there would be a little button that would let you agree to that post, and a number which would show how many people do it.
Still think this would be greatly abused and it just sounds like reddit/facebook to me which needs to stay there.
I honestly don't see a point, this topic has been brought up a few times but at the end of the day many great threads/posts are completely looked over by people and a lot of pointless threads with absolutely no value get posted/bumped continuously.
Believe me, in a few months or maybe even a few weeks this thread will be buried and someone will post again saying we need a like system, etc, etc.
I find it hard to understand what you wrote. It looks like we don't think of the same thing. Are you thinking that posts would be ordered by upvotes? Because I really don't mean that.
This button could even be called "Agree". I just want a way to agree to something without a comment that would feel like spam.
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But whats the point? If those 'spam' posts as you call them aren't made then no one else will know to read the post/thread. If you just click a like button I don't see how that will bring anymore attention to a post.
What's the goal? I mean sure we have a few posts here and there when people will post a '+1' in agreement etc but it's not like threads are full of tons of spam posts just from people saying they like a post.
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But whats the point? If those 'spam' posts as you call them aren't made then no one else will know to read the post/thread. If you just click a like button I don't see how that will bring anymore attention to a post.
What's the goal? I mean sure we have a few posts here and there when people will post a '+1' in agreement etc but it's not like threads are full of tons of spam posts just from people saying they like a post.
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Exactly! I don't know how about you, but I don't want to trash a thread with these short and spamy comments. I could bet that a lot of people don't want to do this too. A simple button would not only make this clearer, but it would also show more people opinions.
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I still think your looking for a solution without a problem.
And simply clicking a button to me shows nothing but being lazy. I mean this is a keyboard forum, let's type moar!
If you have something to say post it up, obviously I'm biased. :D
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I still think your looking for a solution without a problem.
And simply clicking a button to me shows nothing but being lazy. I mean this is a keyboard forum, let's type moar!
If you have something to say post it up, obviously I'm biased. :D
I don't want this button to take over commenting. It would be just an addon to what currently is. If you have something interesting to say, go ahead. But if I basically just want to say "Agree", then I would click a button instead of replying one word, or even worse, not doing anything at all.
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I still think your looking for a solution without a problem.
And simply clicking a button to me shows nothing but being lazy. I mean this is a keyboard forum, let's type moar!
If you have something to say post it up, obviously I'm biased. :D
I don't want this button to take over commenting. It would be just an addon to what currently is. If you have something interesting to say, go ahead. But if I basically just want to say "Agree", then I would click a button instead of replying one word, or even worse, not doing anything at all.
Still don't get the point of this (except to boost your post count so you could sell you hhkb) but now that you have enough posts to sell your goods will you stick around afterwards or disappear? For someone who is so concerned with spamming the forum you've posted 41 times in ~4 days. :thumb:
I post more than almost anyone else here, I get that. But I honestly don't see that many threads where people post tons of replies simply saying they 'agree' with a post. Yes there will be an occasional '+1' and/or someone may post a very nice board or setup and there will be a few 'nice setup' replies but the idea those are somehow bad and we should instead click a button, I'll never understand that. But that is just my opinion. :D
But I honestly don't see that many threads where people post tons of replies simply saying they 'agree' with a postYes, indeed. My example in original post shows how it SHOULD be if a lot of people expressed what they think. It wouldn't look nice, would it? That's why, in my opinion, people don't post like this. If there was a clear an easy way to do the same, people would start using it.
If you think that this thread is just a way for me to get my post count up, you are wrong. I have reached 25 posts 3 days ago.
41? My post count is 33 at the moment.
Back to topic.
You seem concentrated towards an idea that this button would replace commenting. It is more of a way to get more opinions about certain posts. Making forum clearer is not what I intend, but it would help a bit in this way too.
Again, I have to repeat myself. This is not a way to stop spamming or to see who's right and wrong. It's a way for people to clearly show what they think.
This topic has come up before. I can't find the thread now. My opinion? This isn't Facebook or reddit and we don't need this. We definitely don't need an e-peen measuring popularity contest either.
I think part of what I enjoy about getting know Geekhack is that you learn about people and their opinions. It's not based on some odd metric.
Ok so you did spam your way to those 25 posts to sell something, only you did it 3 days ago.When do you consider it is spamming? 5 posts per day? 10 posts per day? As much as I know, spamming isn't about quantity, it's about quality. If you make meaningless messages for whatever reason, then it's considered spamming.
Click your profile then click to show posts go to the last page.Thanks for the tip. Now I can see real post count (with off topic).
clicking a button does not show an opinion and what does it matter if 5 people agree with a post?What is the reason for showing an opinion? Well it's a really big question to answer, but I'm certain that forum is a place to do that.
If you don't have a disagree option you aren't really showing anything.Well that button would mean more of "I think exactly the same", so if you think differently and disagree, you would have to write your own opinion.
So in your system reading through a thread what benefit is there if 5 people like a post versus 10 people like another post? Will the post with the most likes be highlighted? or bolder to stand out?No benefit at all. It's the same as writing "I think the same". This would create a way to express yourself without a mess.
Ok before you said this system was to stop spam posts, so is it or not?Not really, but this would help a bit in a way.
And this is the internet so people will always think they are right and someone else is wrong so they would 'agree' and 'disagree' accordingly.Can't you do the same with normal comments?
For people to clearly show what they think, they will need to actually think and then type up a post. I fail to see how clicking a 'like' button shows anyone thinking anything, we have enough sheeple as it is.If you think differently then go ahead and write it. If you think exactly the same, with nothing to add then what's the point of writing the same thing?
IF I'm understanding you correctly there are scores of lurking forum members out there who never post for fear of being 'spammy' and IF we had an 'agree' button they would flood the forum with their agreements to posts by clicking the button? But to what end? I mean what exactly is the point?What I'm saying is that, people sometimes don't want to make a mess, so they just stay quiet. "flood the forum" is a bit of
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My sentiments exactly here. Facebook and reddit already offer these features and as captain said, it is a bout for popularity.
Forums are made for linear discussion and arguments.
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Please someone lock this thread.
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Please someone lock this thread.
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In the bottom left corner you as the OP have a lock button.