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Should the new forum feature a "like" system? (note: this is like only, not dislike)

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Liking posts is one of the most spammed thing on other forums I go on. I just turns into a popularity contest with cliques of people constantly liking each others posts. Keep it off here, please.
 
ChrisD. said:
Liking posts is one of the most spammed thing on other forums I go on. I just turns into a popularity contest with cliques of people constantly liking each others posts. Keep it off here, please.
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I honestly think it depends on the forum and the attitude of that forum.
 
ChrisD. said:
Liking posts is one of the most spammed thing on other forums I go on. I just turns into a popularity contest with cliques of people constantly liking each others posts. Keep it off here, please.
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I think it would be a good thing personally. To be able to show appreciation for something without posting would be good in my opinion!
 
In practice it never, ever works. Ever. Always leads to spam-for-points and as ChrisD explains, cliques.

There isn't a single instance of a public website having a good "like" system. StackOverflow are constantly blogging and giving talks about the nightmare they have with their scoring system. Whilst the intention is to show appreciation and let the mob decide what is good content or not, the reality is it becomes a game that people play - and now they have a magic number to tell them how well they are doing, and they begin gaming the site to increase that number.
 
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Witor said:
Will this involve another forum nuke? (Vaguely remember the last one in 1865)
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No. They have the hamsters running flat out to export the database.

mrbell1984 said:
It's a link and very simple to impliment. I'm sure it will be implemented.
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Mobile version is available

paradigm said:
Reputation is covered by Trust. The ability to "like" posts is pointless.

If all you want to do is inanely "like" other people's content, use Facebook. If you actually want to contribute to a discussion, you can "like" the post by quoting it, admitting you agree/like, then continuing the discussion.
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Like is there. Sorry. Can we still be friends?

ChrisD. said:
Liking posts is one of the most spammed thing on other forums I go on. I just turns into a popularity contest with cliques of people constantly liking each others posts. Keep it off here, please.
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Agreed, but you don't have to use it. There is a good feature to "follow" a poster though, which should highlight those cliques.

subbytna said:
That was nearly 2 months ago now :p
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A LOT of work has gone in to making this update good. I can't put it in to words as succinctly as I'd like, but you'll find the mod team have been testing each update and getting it look as close to the current VB theme as we can. Even the emoticons have been under close scrutiny ;)
 
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If you feel strongly against it, please leave some comments so we can review them. Likewise, if you think it would improve the community, we'd welcome those thoughts too.
 
No from me.

Whilst I agree it probably cuts down on the "+1" or "agree" posts, often those sort of posts turn into "+1, but I also did XYZ" and add more value.
 
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