Baxter Basics MP Posted September 22, 2014 Report Share Posted September 22, 2014 Would it be possible to have/enable a likes system on this board for indvidual posts? I'd like to 'Like' a post if I happen to like it, rather then post things like 'LOL', 'QFT' and/or '+1000'...etc. Thanks Baxter Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Baxter Basics MP Posted September 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2014 Sorry, I mean for the Forum, not just this board. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chronyx Posted September 22, 2014 Report Share Posted September 22, 2014 +1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SE10 Posted September 27, 2014 Report Share Posted September 27, 2014 Would it be possible to have/enable a likes system on this board for indvidual posts? I'd like to 'Like' a post if I happen to like it, rather then post things like 'LOL', 'QFT' and/or '+1000'...etc. Thanks Baxter +1... er, I mean like! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dorkins Posted September 27, 2014 Report Share Posted September 27, 2014 No thanks. These boards are meant to be a discussion, not a popularity contest. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Habeas Domus Posted September 27, 2014 Report Share Posted September 27, 2014 No thanks. These boards are meant to be a discussion, not a popularity contest. +1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Riedquat Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 I would like (see what I did there?) to see a like/dislike system too to get an idea of what other HPCers actually like to read on the forum. I suspect a lot of posts are just treated as background 'noise' despite appearing frequently.Having dislikes can mean things start to get unpleasant. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blobloblob Posted November 1, 2015 Report Share Posted November 1, 2015 Having dislikes can mean things start to get unpleasant. Good point and you've made my mind up. I'm strongly in favour of a dislike button. Less bothered about a like button though, to be honest. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Frank Hovis Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 Likes button please. I feel inhibited from continually doing "+1" posts but there are many cracking posts that I would like to acknowledge. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Habeas Domus Posted January 9, 2016 Report Share Posted January 9, 2016 The whole point of having 'likes' on sites like facebook and twitter is that they are used by the algorithm which determines how many people see a particular post in their timeline. In a forum that doesnt really make sense, if a post is bad enough that it deserves to be hidden from a majority of visitors then it is probably bad enough that the mods will just delete it completely. (Those algorithms are also why social sites seem to be full of viral Buzzfeed articles and cat videos, it's not that thats all that ever gets posted but the popular stuff gets pushed centre forward) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sPinwheel Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 Mse has likes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rave Posted June 8, 2016 Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 O.K. bumping this as I feel like I've had a brainwave... Can we have a likes system where the likes are visible only to the person whose post has been liked? Then it doesn't become a competition, no forum members are artificially elevated in status because they have lots of likes under their profile, but people who consistently post useful/interesting/funny stuff get the dopamine hit of knowing their post was appreciated and are motivated to carry on interacting? Dunno if that's even possible with the forum software, but IMO it should be. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mrtickle Posted May 14, 2017 Report Share Posted May 14, 2017 I would very much welcome a Like button too. Often I agree with a post, but don't have anything very intelligent to add. I feel guilt just posting "yes" or "THIS!" or "+1". Also, I know it makes threads longer, harder to search, and wastes people's time reading my thanks-post. A Like button would allow these to be recorded, without cluttering up the threads with "noise" posts like those. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arpeggio Posted August 24, 2017 Report Share Posted August 24, 2017 On 5/14/2017 at 0:42 PM, mrtickle said: I would very much welcome a Like button too. Often I agree with a post, but don't have anything very intelligent to add. I feel guilt just posting "yes" or "THIS!" or "+1". Also, I know it makes threads longer, harder to search, and wastes people's time reading my thanks-post. A Like button would allow these to be recorded, without cluttering up the threads with "noise" posts like those. +1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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