Sabres Fan in NS Posted November 21, 2017 Report Share Posted November 21, 2017 We had reddit-style upvotes and downvotes for a short while. Then it became kind of a board-wide joke to just downvote anything Liger (I think it was him) wrote, and then it got stupid from there so Scott took them away from us. This is correct and it really got out of hand mainly on the dislike voting. I think GoDD had -500 at one point. I agree that it is not a very good idea to go back to that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woods-racer Posted November 21, 2017 Report Share Posted November 21, 2017 Yeah, I re-cant. Likes are probably not a good idea for this crowd. Like why? I think I'm really getting the hang of this now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doohickie Posted November 21, 2017 Report Share Posted November 21, 2017 Like, OMG! Fer real! Will the new "Like" system accumulate points to the member? The Likes I saw on another forum merely applied to the post that was Liked (and are no down votes, only up votes). They mostly are there just for people to say "me too" or "good post" without having extraneous posts in the thread. And generally this little acknowledgment of the Likes at all, except that one poster realizes another poster Liked his post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samson's Flow Posted November 21, 2017 Report Share Posted November 21, 2017 Like, OMG! Fer real! Will the new "Like" system accumulate points to the member? The Likes I saw on another forum merely applied to the post that was Liked (and are no down votes, only up votes). They mostly are there just for people to say "me too" or "good post" without having extraneous posts in the thread. And generally this little acknowledgment of the Likes at all, except that one poster realizes another poster Liked his post. Yep, it only gets bad when that becomes your 'reputation' and you are making posts for the sole purpose of building up your likes. That said, I have checked out the mobile site at TBD and I like the navigation of it a lot better, however, the display and placement of content/ads took some getting used to. Not any more than before, just different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDS Posted November 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2017 What can I say? I can't prevent people from acting like 13-year-old girls if that's what they want to do. I would like to think that is not the case here. I am not overly concerned with someone else's preconceived notions of what "likes" represent. In the context here, which is all that matters, there are three primary "reactions" that I find useful. Like, thanks, and haha. Having the ability to easily convey those thoughts to the poster help eliminate +1 types posts that have no useful information and waste people's time. If unobtrusively saying thank you to someone who answers a question for you is somehow repulsive then I don't know what to say. On TBD I allow those three reactions to accumulate points in the reputation system. I think that over time this will allow people to recognize good contributors to the community. I am not sure I would turn on that function here because I'm not sure the community is large enough at this moment in time to really make good use of such a system. Regardless, it will be fine. It's not a big deal. Yep, it only gets bad when that becomes your 'reputation' and you are making posts for the sole purpose of building up your likes. That said, I have checked out the mobile site at TBD and I like the navigation of it a lot better, however, the display and placement of content/ads took some getting used to. Not any more than before, just different. Fwiw, currently, the ads only show to administrators and guests. If people are posting a lot of content and other posters are truly recognizing that good content I think I would call that a win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted November 22, 2017 Report Share Posted November 22, 2017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted November 22, 2017 Report Share Posted November 22, 2017 SABRESPACE WILL BE FINE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samson's Flow Posted November 22, 2017 Report Share Posted November 22, 2017 What can I say? I can't prevent people from acting like 13-year-old girls if that's what they want to do. I would like to think that is not the case here. I am not overly concerned with someone else's preconceived notions of what "likes" represent. In the context here, which is all that matters, there are three primary "reactions" that I find useful. Like, thanks, and haha. Having the ability to easily convey those thoughts to the poster help eliminate +1 types posts that have no useful information and waste people's time. If unobtrusively saying thank you to someone who answers a question for you is somehow repulsive then I don't know what to say. On TBD I allow those three reactions to accumulate points in the reputation system. I think that over time this will allow people to recognize good contributors to the community. I am not sure I would turn on that function here because I'm not sure the community is large enough at this moment in time to really make good use of such a system. Regardless, it will be fine. It's not a big deal. Fwiw, currently, the ads only show to administrators and guests. If people are posting a lot of content and other posters are truly recognizing that good content I think I would call that a win. Thanks for that nugget on the ads. I'm only a guest on TBD so that would explain it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwksndmonster Posted November 23, 2017 Report Share Posted November 23, 2017 Acting like 13 year old girls as an insult? That's a weird thing to say. In fact, I'm never not weirded out by the stilted tone of SDS posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjd1001 Posted November 25, 2017 Report Share Posted November 25, 2017 I'm not a big fan of the changes at TBD. When the forum loads, the page is narrower. I prefer the 'wider' look of the old version of TBD and the way this forum looks now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted November 26, 2017 Report Share Posted November 26, 2017 I'm not a big fan of the changes at TBD. When the forum loads, the page is narrower. I prefer the 'wider' look of the old version of TBD and the way this forum looks now. Binoculars! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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