Well, to some extent, but quality is not sufficient. If someone posts a well-written, eloquent argument about how Saber is a bitch, they're going to get a lot of "dislikes".Originally Posted by Enhance
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If at all, it'd have to be optional. Otherwise people would just get spammed with "like" messages.
And quality posts already become popular. In signatures.
Well, this is a pretty compelling argument that liking won't encourage qualityposts.
I (people) sometimes have fun/like some posts, but don't bother going to OOC every time you read it (or, specifically, you won't be listing "the posts I liked that you wrote" for them, if there's more than one). When saying something more than "I liked it" is unnecessary, and saying "I like it" is just not enough for a post.
Because even if it is a well-writen post, the poster is still being a douche.
Dislikes are out of question already, and if it's written well it will be liked by people who see it right.
Try well-writing a post about Saber being a bitch. It's harder than you think.
This is why if I see something particularly good, I'll tell the person directly why I liked it. (via message)
That's you. And that's "one particularly good". How about a person who has posted 10 IC RP posts, and you liked about 5 of them more than other (and that actually made it fun)? Would you list them all?
On the other hand, if some of his posts get better acceptance than some other, it's already food for thought and a pathway to improving.
Last edited by Enhance; September 27th, 2012 at 11:56 AM.
So, uh, the best counterargument boils down to "it's not strictly necessary"
Since DP mentioned that the implementation would be relatively quick and easy I guess that should settle that, we could also make a poll though :V
[04:55] Lianru: i3uster is actuallly quite cute
A generic like button makes things too impersonal, and seems like people will just blandly click it rather than engaging in actual conversation. It may lessen the bonds of community by giving such a sterile, mechanical form of encouragement.
Yes, but it would be fun to have.
Blogs are also superfluous, but people love them.
So what you are saying is that it will cut down the hugboxing behavior?
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[04:55] Lianru: i3uster is actuallly quite cute
Blogs still have the flavor and spice of human interaction, just in a spinoff universe to the main forum.
Generic like alone would let you point out the fine posts without the need to comment on every single one of them. No one stops you from actually commenting and actually replying to the awesome-st, epic posts.
The only kind of post it would discourage would be an irrelevant one.
(This isn't a bad thing)
[04:55] Lianru: i3uster is actuallly quite cute
So you're admitting that, in the end, liking really has no purpose in the grand scheme.
I already listed multiple reasons for why it would be a good function enhancing the forum experience. That combined with the fact that implementation doesn't seem to be all that hard makes me think it's worthwhile to implement it.
[04:55] Lianru: i3uster is actuallly quite cute
Because fun is not a purpose?
Darpies already has a lot on his plate! Do you think he's some sort of glutton?
Darples seems to be really indifferent towards the idea, I'm just trying to seduce him with my revealing arguments and sexy typing style.
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