Dislike any button pushed by the cat! If there's anything i really enjoy on this forum is to discover 10 ...14 years forgotten old topics with very relevant information for my projects.Many of the old members can't really enjoy the likes they might get today, but i can bet they used to enjoy a lot the opportunity to write to others and being answered while getting a simple like will never comfort them.
We have experimented with a "Thanks" button. Useful, but not allows appropriate. "Agree" or +1 could be handy, although "Like" has come to mean just about the same thing.
There’s really no benefit in reinventing the wheel. There’s an established paradigm that works and is ubiquitous.
My experience is that the only thing that does not allow for weaponization is an anonymous reaction that only goes to the poster with no other indications that it has happened. Feedback to encourage the poster, nothing public to weaponize.
This is how StereoNet forum does it.
dave
This is how StereoNet forum does it.
dave
I read and contribute to a number of other "hobby" boards, where the "like" facility is available to say just that, about a post.
Often people go to a lot of trouble to post stuff that they think may be of interest.
Unless the content includes an opinion on something about which I'm vehemently opposed, (in which case I'll just scroll down), I'll click the "like" button just as an acknowledgement that I've bothered to read it.
Often people go to a lot of trouble to post stuff that they think may be of interest.
Unless the content includes an opinion on something about which I'm vehemently opposed, (in which case I'll just scroll down), I'll click the "like" button just as an acknowledgement that I've bothered to read it.
So anonymous likes? I guess that would be okay, but given the technical nature of this forum isn’t it kind of important when an expert “likes” a post in a thread where perhaps a non-expert is accurately and/or succinctly summarizing a technical or theoretical point that said expert is struggling to put into words?
I have seen weaponization. Hopefully few remember the disaster it turned into when we tried it some time ago in vB.
dave
dave
Rather hard to have a productive conversation without any specificity. I participate on several forums that use it with no issue, and if it were to be weaponized, a couple of those forums would be sure things.
I am for like buttons.
I don't see it as a popularity contest, but instead given there are some really good contents and great contributions from members, it is a way to show appreciation. Without like buttons the only way is via a reply, which lowers the signal to noise ratio considerably if everyone else does the same.
I don't see it as a popularity contest, but instead given there are some really good contents and great contributions from members, it is a way to show appreciation. Without like buttons the only way is via a reply, which lowers the signal to noise ratio considerably if everyone else does the same.
I am for the like button. I often read a post and want to mention that it was a nice thread and that I enjoyed it but end up not doing so. The reason is because I don't want to clutter up the topic with posts that aren't contributing to the topic at hand. Especially since this is a very objective focused forum.
Maybe the likes could be anonymous? That way the OP knows people are interested without it being a popularity contest.
Maybe the likes could be anonymous? That way the OP knows people are interested without it being a popularity contest.
ASR uses non-anonymous likes. I've yet to see that be a problem. Likes is one way to encourage people to return to the forum.
I would think that anonymous likes would be more of a problem.
That said, I'm sure life will go on either way.
Tom
I would think that anonymous likes would be more of a problem.
That said, I'm sure life will go on either way.
Tom
I suppose they could add it and if the world seems as though it is coming to an end, just remove the feature.
ASR, AK, SHF to name a few. Never an issue. I prefer the XF2 reactions over likes as there are more options to choose from.