| JEMC said: I agree with most here and I don't want a down vote button, but a upvote or like button would be welcome because in a lot of threads you see people quoting posts only to say "+1", "agree" or "seconded". So a system to show that you agree or like a comment could be useful. Besides, given that the forum posts are shown by when they were posted and not by the number of likes/dislikes, the number of likes a post has won't make it more visible. Alternatively, we could implement a feature that allows us to show that we agree with a certain post without having to resort to a upvoting or like system. I've seen forums, powered by vBulletin (if that helps somehow), where users can "thank" a user for a post, and their names appear at the end of said post. We could implement something like that but with an "agree" feature rather than a "thank" one. |
Those are good points. Continuing to show posts in chronological order, and not having downvotes would definitely counter several negative effects of the system. An upvote system alone is not easy to abuse. If you quickly shut down alt accounts, and can view all posts equally regardless of their upvote count, then it wouldn't be the worst idea. Furthermore, an agree/thank feature does sound more attractive than an upvote feature.
Nonethless, I still wouldn't welcome it though heh
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