Forum suggestion - integrating a "thanks"/"like" button

[chad362wiley]

So many times I see posts on the forum that are either great watch pics, hilarious comments, etc and I want to show that their post was appreciated. but, quoting posts clutters up threads.

an old internet marketing forum I was on had a "thanks" button, so when someone posted something great, you could thank the post instead of quoting it and giving a complement or whatever.

ive only been on this forum for maybe 9 months, so unsure if this has been implemented in the past and was removed.

maybe the mods could implement this? not sure, just an idea!

have a good weekend.

[tyler1980]

Originally Posted by chad362wiley

quoting posts clutters up threads.

not if you don't quote the entire thing and also leave the pics out of the quote

A like button is lazy. Written responses on a message board is sort of the point

[dmash]

Originally Posted by tyler1980

LIKE BUTTON

*press*

[Zakalwe]

The reason my Facebook is so full of inane, mind numbing, IQ-lowering BS is a) because my friends are all idiots and b) because the “like” button encourages human beings - who are by nature needy and insecure - to post stuff primarily designed to harvest the little “thumbs ups” rather than stuff that’s useful or interesting.

Even though a “thanks” would technically be different, I suspect it could have a similar effect of potentially dumbing down content.

[dmash]

Originally Posted by Zakalwe

The reason my Facebook is so full of inane, mind numbing, IQ-lowering BS is a) because my friends are all idiots and b) because the “like” button encourages human beings - who are by nature needy and insecure - to post stuff primarily designed to harvest the little “thumbs ups” rather than stuff that’s useful or interesting.

Even though a “thanks” would technically be different, I suspect it could have a similar effect of potentially dumbing down content.

Man, I’ve never agreed with one of your postings more

[SDRider]

Originally Posted by Zakalwe

The reason my Facebook is so full of inane, mind numbing, IQ-lowering BS is a) because my friends are all idiots and b) because the “like” button encourages human beings - who are by nature needy and insecure - to post stuff primarily designed to harvest the little “thumbs ups” rather than stuff that’s useful or interesting.

Even though a “thanks” would technically be different, I suspect it could have a similar effect of potentially dumbing down content.

I completely agree with you.

[chad362wiley]

Originally Posted by Zakalwe

The reason my Facebook is so full of inane, mind numbing, IQ-lowering BS is a) because my friends are all idiots and b) because the “like” button encourages human beings - who are by nature needy and insecure - to post stuff primarily designed to harvest the little “thumbs ups” rather than stuff that’s useful or interesting.

Even though a “thanks” would technically be different, I suspect it could have a similar effect of potentially dumbing down content.

hahahah i totally see this. thanks for the feedback.

[RedwinGV]

I'm in. And many a commenting option offer a Thumbs up/down option on the post. Maybe it's more difficult with this based template?

[Wesley Crusher]

I don't think a "thanks" or "like" button adds a whole lot of value, but I don't think it's a bad idea. It's no worse than when people respond with "+1", "X2", or even just a single emoji.

[Andad]

Originally Posted by Wesley Crusher

I don't think a "thanks" or "like" button adds a whole lot of value, but I don't think it's a bad idea. It's no worse than when people respond with "+1", "X2", or even just a single emoji.

X2
+1

[Jocke]

I hate those like buttons, people press them of a bad habit and if they don't people wonder what is wrong. So no like button for me.

[Abdullah71601]

Just like Facebook?

Places that use these devolve into the grade school cafeteria. People competing to accumulate likes. It's a terrible idea IMO.

[padi56]

Originally Posted by Zakalwe

The reason my Facebook is so full of inane, mind numbing, IQ-lowering BS is a) because my friends are all idiots and b) because the “like” button encourages human beings - who are by nature needy and insecure - to post stuff primarily designed to harvest the little “thumbs ups” rather than stuff that’s useful or interesting.

Even though a “thanks” would technically be different, I suspect it could have a similar effect of potentially dumbing down content.

Have to agree and today most of the so called social media should be called unsocial media sites.

[colonelpurple]

Originally Posted by chad362wiley

So many times I see posts on the forum that are either great watch pics, hilarious comments, etc and I want to show that their post was appreciated. but, quoting posts clutters up threads.

an old internet marketing forum I was on had a "thanks" button, so when someone posted something great, you could thank the post instead of quoting it and giving a complement or whatever.

ive only been on this forum for maybe 9 months, so unsure if this has been implemented in the past and was removed.

maybe the mods could implement this? not sure, just an idea!

have a good weekend.

completely agree

[RHJ]

I'm against them too!