"Like" function

[I3uster]

I saw this in other forums and I think it's pretty neat, because it saves me the time to quote every single Mcjon post I see. Basically it does what the "like" button in Facebook does. Is it compatible with our kind of forum?

[Mike1984]

What would the effect of it be?

[Bittersweet]

Increase e-peen.

[I3uster]

What would the effect of it be?

Increase e-peen.

That and encourage quality posts through the increase of e-peen, or showing appreciation for a fic/contribution without needing to comment on it (which also doesn't bump the thread because apparently necroing is THE MOST HORRIBLE THING EVER).

I just think it's a very neat feature to have. Not necessary (like blogs) but improving the overall forum experience.

[Bittersweet]

I think it's only necessary in a larger forum than this. Beast's Lair is intimate enough so that everyone knows who makes good posts anyway.

[Dark Pulse]

I'm pretty sure there's a mod for it, but I likewise question its actual "necessity." To me, it's about as necessary as, say, the forum RPG mod was - i.e; something for fun - and that was soundly shot down when I brought it up for similar reasons of e-peen.

[I3uster]

Don't try to stand in the way of progress, Lord Vader. Either it's bad for a reason or it's good for a reason. "We don't need it" is no argument, because we didn't need Blogs either and now everybody loves em.

[Bittersweet]

Don't be so proud of this technological terror they've constructed. The ability to "like" a post is insignificant next to the power of the Force.

[I3uster]

Don't try to frighten us with your sorcerer's ways, Lord Vader. Your sad devotion to that ancient religion has not helped you fix the forced subscribing, or given you enough clairvoyance to announce downtimes before they happen...

[Bittersweet]

I find your lack of Sakura disturbing.

[Mike1984]

That and encourage quality posts through the increase of e-peen, or showing appreciation for a fic/contribution without needing to comment on it (which also doesn't bump the thread because apparently necroing is THE MOST HORRIBLE THING EVER).

I just think it's a very neat feature to have. Not necessary (like blogs) but improving the overall forum experience.

Yeah, honestly I don't like the idea of "reputation" at all. It just ostracises people (especially given that people with high reputation get to give more reputation out), and this forum is small enough that everyone knows their opinion of everyone else anyway.

[I3uster]

It's not a reputation system, it only works for individual posts :V

[Enhance]

I have to agree with I3uster on this one, though. Encouraging quality posts is good, as well as improving your own post quality by seeing as others approve or disapprove it. e-peenfags can get annoying, but as mentioned BL is intimate enough - though it's big enough as well.

Is it compatible with our kind of forum?

Yes

[Mike1984]

It's not a reputation system, it only works for individual posts :V

Well, perhaps.

I guess that could be useful, as long as it doesn't turn into people going "hey, I got 54 likes", and as long as the effect of posts being "liked" is very limited.

[Enhance]

Well, perhaps.

I guess that could be useful, as long as it doesn't turn into people going "hey, I got 54 likes", and as long as the effect of posts being "liked" is very limited.

Effect of posts being "liked" is a number next to it saying how many "likes" or "dislikes" it has.

And I would say people going "hey, I got 54 likes" on a whim in public sounds stupid, and in friendly circles it would be fine, don't you think?

[Mike1984]

Well, my issue with it is that it seems like it's going to turn into a way to bash certain people, particularly if it's shown in big letters by the side of the post.

[I3uster]

The effect of a post being liked is a post being liked.

And e-peen isn't really a problem in BL. We never really get postcounterwhoring or anything either.

This would be especially useful for the RP threads, where OOC and IC threads run asynchronous, so for a casual lurker of said threads there is no visible strong reaction to individual posts, which would change with a like system.

[Enhance]

Well, my issue with it is that it seems like it's going to turn into a way to bash certain people, particularly if it's shown in big letters by the side of the post.

IMO you're overthinking it. You're already used to post-bashing, and if there's no "dislike" function you just will have 0 likes at your posts in the worst case, just like all irrelevant posts would.

Also, on many forums where this function is enabled, it's quite often forgotten (It's just a small button there. what matters is the post, alrite.)

[Mike1984]

The effect of a post being liked is a post being liked.

And e-peen isn't really a problem in BL. We never really get postcounterwhoring or anything either.

This would be especially useful for the RP threads, where OOC and IC threads run asynchronous, so for a casual lurker of said threads there is no visible strong reaction to individual posts, which would change with a like system.

I don't get why it's a good thing to "like" RP posts.

Also, it seems to me like having that function will tend to mean that people judge what someone says on the basis of how many people "like" it rather than the weight of the argument, which isn't a good thing.

Although, not having a "dislike" function would perhaps make it better. A dislike function just seems like it's going to invite bashing to me.

[I3uster]

Because it encourages quality posts?

And I doubt that people are this retarded.