"Likes" Enhancement

[potato_hamster]

TalonMan said:

potato_hamster said:

For example, on other sites, I regularly use the like feature to recognize a well reasoned, well sourced, well thought out argument that I totally disagree with. I am "liking" the effort and thought that goes into their comment. You might find this strange, but on reddit, as part of the site's etiquette you are  instructed not to like/dislike posts based on whether you agree or disagree with the contents of the posts. You're supposed to like/dislike depending on whether or not you feel the posts meaningfully contributes to the conversation. Digg.com used to have a similar guideline about "digging/burying" posts.

Disagreeing with a post always requires additional explanation? Since when? Where are you getting this "Forum Etiquette 101" because it seems to me some of the biggest social media/internet forums would actually fundamentally disagree with you.

I presume at some point, you've actually read the rules here? If not, here's a link: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8551507

I'll further assist, by directing you to this specific line - this is under the "Substance" rule:

• Do not reply to other posters with simply "you're wrong" or by calling them a fanboy, idiot, troll (or any other sort of name calling).

Pretty sure this is all standard debate stuff and that you are more than well-versed on how forums typically operate (I could probably pull rules from several random forums, and find similar statements regarding substance). I'm also pretty sure at this point you're just looking to be a contrarian on the topic, just for the sake of being a contrarian. You go on and on about how bad all of this is and how much trouble and confusion it leads to, while telling me you regularly use similar functionality on reddit. If you're going to make a stand for (or against) something, at least be consistent.

I don't use reddit, but I'll have to guess that the reason they state those specific etiquette rules on their system is because using the feature over there is purposely raising (or lowering) the status of comments - something I've repeatedly stated will never happen here. So the comparison doesn't quite fit, does it...?

"I disagree" != "you're wrong".

I am being consistent. It's pretty clear that you don't know the first thing about how it's implemented there or how the userbase uses it to interact with each other, so how can you possibly comment on how inconsistent I'm being? For what it's worth, how comments are sorted and displayed are based on user preferences, but by default, likes/dislikes are not used to raise or lower the status of comments. They are sorted chronologically. I mean, if you're not going to take five minutes to see how the system over there works before you start commenting on how it doesn't apply to your implementation, that's on you.

I should also note that while reddit ettiqutette dictates how like or dislikes should be used, it's pretty obvious using the site that they are not how the userbase uses them. Perhaps you should take note.