paisis123 Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Could we have a "Like" counter or a "Like button" in general? Actually if there's a counter under each post that said something along the lines of "This post helped So and So and 5 other people" I think it will streamline the forums and direct people straight to the answer of there problems instead of looking for it through the entire thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f700es Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Please no "Like" button! Call it something else if we do get one but let's not have reference to anything FaceBook has. Maybe a "Cred" button or something. I mean we can already Rate a thread with the current forum software. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseyanne Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 I belong to another forum that uses this VBulletin software. They have a "Thanks" button. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f700es Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Oh that's not bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseyanne Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Actually a "Thanks" and a "Welcome" button at the bottom of the post. It cuts down on the mod's work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo Ferral Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Or 'Kudos' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the ber Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 My $0.02: this is a CAD forum, not Amazon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 My $0.02: this is a CAD forum, not Amazon. ..................................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Oh heck why don't we have multiple buttons? Highly liked Liked Somewhat liked Disliked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paisis123 Posted December 18, 2012 Author Share Posted December 18, 2012 Oh heck why don't we have multiple buttons? Highly liked Liked Somewhat liked Disliked I agree. but I would want something that can streamline some posts to go directly to the answer. If a said post answers something, especially if its a popular thread and that thread got "liked" or had alot of "Kudos" then people will instantly go to that post and find what they need, instead of reading through the entire post! well that was my $0.04, your thoughts or rebuttas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbroada Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 I don't see what it adds. You are often after an answer to a question similar to the one asked and that answer can be found in the myriad of offered views. And why don't we use the "rate" option we already have here? Mainly because certain (now banned) posters ALWAYS rated their own threads (often under a 2nd account name) so they appeared to know the best answers even when their answer bore no relationship to the question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f700es Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Dave I can't remember the last time I looked at a thread rating . I know when I see answers come from people like you, Remark, Tanner and a few others that a real attempt was made to offer the OP real advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Threads are rated? What, like, P / PG / R / X ? I didn't know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbroada Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Dave I can't remember the last time I looked at a thread rating . me neither - its your post that reminded me that it was there. I do remember mrs rhino rating all their threads at 5, including those whos sole advise was "forget AutoCAD, use rhino". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 At least Mrs. Rhino didn't say "Forget AutoCAD, buy Inventor, a modern mcad program." We can rate posts by handing out CADDIES. On a scale of 1 to 5 CADDIES I'll give it a 3. Now all we need is a representative CADDIE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbroada Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 here are 3 cad monkeys (aka caddies) for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Organic Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 (edited) I belong to another forum that uses this VBulletin software. They have a "Thanks" button. Likewise. I use it (the thanks button) sometimes but don't go out of my way too; most people seem to use it though. It wouldn't happen to be a civil engineering forum would it? Edited December 19, 2012 by Organic typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Roy Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 (edited) A "Thanks" feature can be implemented within 5 minutes. I use it on my forum, as I showed in the other thread. If Admin is interested, I can send the files and xml or link to the product thread; it's literally plug-n-play. However, I know they're wanting to move to phpbb, so I understand if they don't want to add functionality to a software that's going to be abandoned anyway. For the OP, it's an unspoken way of saying that helped, just like saying "Thank you" face to face. For people other than the OP, its a way of saying "That helped me as well," or, "I agree." All with just the click of a link instead of adding an additional post. You notice that there are no statistics showing who gives/receives the most "Thanks." It's possible to turn on sure, but that's an on/off switch in the AdminCP. In the above example, just_some_dude is the thread starter thanking piratius for his helpful input. Ezblast is one of our resident experts symbolizing his agreement with piratius's post by thanking him as well. I also thanked piratius after I made my post (I'm Jet-Lee); I'm neither the OP nor someone benefiting, but it was something that I knew and agree'd with, so I wanted to show my support by thanking him as well. One button can mean a lot to lots of people, without statistics to say one person is better than another. That thread continues quite a ways, but those thanks on that post indicate to a reader that it's a post of value. Edited December 20, 2012 by Lee Roy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseyanne Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Likewise. I use it (the thanks button) sometimes but don't go out of my way too; most people seem to use it though. It wouldn't happen to be a civil engineering forum would it? Nope, that would be Stephenking.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quik&Easy Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 There is often lots of related information in the thread other than just a single answer or post. I read all the posts in a thread to get a better sense of how to do things from angles I may not have thought of. I lean toward leaving the thanks or likes buttons out it. Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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