Author Topic: Having thumbs up button for comments (Read 3019 times)

SnowBreeze · « **on:** May 21, 2016, 11:41:06 am »

Is it possible to get thumbs up button? it would be easier than people commenting " ^+1"

bigdl · « **Reply #1 on:** May 22, 2016, 10:55:49 pm »

Add mods to the forum 99% of the time does not end well. I think the last time they tried to add something it blew up not long after.

Canuckrz · « **Reply #2 on:** May 23, 2016, 01:08:04 am »

Quote from: SnowBreeze on May 21, 2016, 11:41:06 am

Is it possible to get thumbs up button? it would be easier than people commenting " ^+1"

-1

GrantC · « **Reply #3 on:** May 23, 2016, 08:12:17 am »

Or, you could use the "notify" button if all you want is to get updates about that thread.

Or, you could post when you actually have something to add to the conversation? Not just a 👍, or "+1" which might stroke ego's but doesn't help add anything IMHO.

SnowBreeze · « **Reply #4 on:** May 23, 2016, 03:12:29 pm »

Quote from: Canuckrz on May 23, 2016, 01:08:04 am

-1

hahaha

Quote from: GrantC on May 23, 2016, 08:12:17 am

Or, you could use the "notify" button if all you want is to get updates about that thread.

Or, you could post when you actually have something to add to the conversation? Not just a 👍, or "+1" which might stroke ego's but doesn't help add anything IMHO.

It's a car forum not a court room lol. Adding something to the conversation shouldn't be the only time to post. I don't see anything wrong with giving someone compliments on their car or saying you like their new mod.

The example i was thinking of where a thumbs up button would be helpful is when someone asks a question in the technical section and only one person replies. The person who started the thread might wonder if that's the right answer or if it's wrong and other people just don't feel like commenting/forgot to reply. With the button people who agree with the reply can gave it a quick thumbs up and it would give that comment more credibility. This would also be helpful if there's multiple replies.

Ambystom01 · « **Reply #5 on:** May 25, 2016, 09:01:24 pm »

I think that would cause more problems than it's worth. I really hope people don't use the number of thumbs ups a comment gets as some kind quantitative metric of veracity.

snackers · « **Reply #6 on:** May 25, 2016, 10:18:45 pm »

SMF is extremely unforgiving with addon modules, and we've almost entirely decided that none will be added unless they're common enough to be proven not to crash the entire forum on upgrades.
Even the youtube embed module has caused problems.

I'm sure we'd all like every feature, but the likely answer here is "Thanks, we appreciate your suggestion. At this time, the relatively small mod team has enough to do on WSC and SMF add ons have caused problems in the past."

GrantC · « **Reply #7 on:** May 26, 2016, 06:47:20 am »

Huh, that's a way more in depth comment than I expected.

I was sure it was going to be:

Quote from: snackers

👎

(Anyone remember how the +/- for "reputation" ended up being used to bully people? If there's a "like" there's almost always a "dislike"...)

bigdl · « **Reply #8 on:** May 26, 2016, 11:52:26 am »

Quote from: GrantC on May 26, 2016, 06:47:20 am

Huh, that's a way more in depth comment than I expected.

I was sure it was going to be:

(Anyone remember how the +/- for "reputation" ended up being used to bully people? If there's a "like" there's almost always a "dislike"...)

Yes I remember that and it was stupid, didn't is also cause smf to break?

Tik-Tok · « **Reply #9 on:** May 26, 2016, 12:56:27 pm »

Quote from: GrantC on May 26, 2016, 06:47:20 am

Huh, that's a way more in depth comment than I expected.

I was sure it was going to be:

(Anyone remember how the +/- for "reputation" ended up being used to bully people? If there's a "like" there's almost always a "dislike"...)

Or like /r/Calgary, where every post gets 2 immediate downvotes.

GrantC · « **Reply #10 on:** May 26, 2016, 05:26:08 pm »

Quote from: bigdl on May 26, 2016, 11:52:26 am

didn't is also cause smf to break?

Correct, but snackers et al covered that.

FalulaBrown · « **Reply #11 on:** August 19, 2021, 08:18:09 am »

I like the thumbs up idea

Asstuna · « **Reply #12 on:** August 20, 2021, 10:32:04 pm »

Epic Necro bump

jellynuts · « **Reply #13 on:** August 21, 2021, 08:39:02 am »

Quote from: Asstuna on August 20, 2021, 10:32:04 pm

Epic Necro bump

Even rose Tuna up from the dead.

Rathburn · « **Reply #14 on:** August 23, 2021, 01:24:22 pm »

Quote from: Ambystom01 on May 25, 2016, 09:01:24 pm

I think that would cause more problems than it's worth. I really hope people don't use the number of thumbs ups a comment gets as some kind quantitative metric of veracity.

1 like = 1 prayer.

#pray4mojo