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Ed.Kloonk:

--- Quote from: EEVblog on February 15, 2022, 05:12:42 am ---
--- Quote from: Ed.Kloonk on February 15, 2022, 05:10:58 am ---WRT thanking users, I wish more people would try and thank the one good answer in a sort of drive-by thanking without feeling the need to contribute further. Takes a second to hit the button.

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Maybe it could be renamed to something else? like Valuable?
e.g. "The following users thought this post was Valuable"

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 ;D

It's all getting too close to "Ed.Kloonk likes this". Makes some peeps run for the hills.
bdunham7:

--- Quote from: EEVblog on February 15, 2022, 04:58:08 am ---That's what I do in most cases too. I guess it's more for newbies who get a whole bunch of responses and don't have the technical ability to judge each post on its technical merits.
Although we do have the Thanks system for posts.

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I don't see too much of newbies getting bad or conflicting advice as I think most people are a bit careful about that sort of thing.  Of course there are vigorous, um, 'debates' about some topics, but I don't think the quality of help provided for real-world problems would be improved beyond what self-regulation has done so far.  As for who is a qualified expert, that's not easy to sort out--I might know the exact answer to a repair question because I just solved it on my bench yesterday, but then I've no clue on a very similar issue that I haven't seen before--but someone else has.
ataradov:

--- Quote from: Ed.Kloonk on February 15, 2022, 05:18:45 am ---It's all getting too close to "Ed.Kloonk likes this". Makes some peeps run for the hills.

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It already is "likes". For that exact reason I have thanks buttons here adblocked.
Ed.Kloonk:

--- Quote from: MrMobodies on February 15, 2022, 05:18:14 am ---I see, so it is based on a level of trust between the members that have voted for someone.

I think I have seen other boards do that before and one I recall even had an "enthusiasts" title.

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The titles such as that are bestowed often automaticity once you reach a certain number of posts.

Big forums like Ubuntu used to (still do?) dabble it it. It is a symptom of the sheer volume of users asking questions and the need to address so many users.
Cerebus:

--- Quote from: ataradov on February 15, 2022, 05:14:32 am ---
--- Quote from: EEVblog on February 15, 2022, 05:09:58 am ---What's the "stack overflow situation"?

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People are fighting for upvotes and begging OPs to accept their solution as correct. And all for fake internet points.  It is pathetic.

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The way some people go about it, obvious neophytes, it looks like they want a "I got seven zillion points on Stackexchange" badge to put on their CV/Resume.

Every forum that sets up some kind of rewards system, even if just points or upvotes, seems to acquire people who rush around answering everything, whether it's actually helpful or not. There's one Eevblog forum participant who rarely comments here, yet on one of the 'other' EE forums they seem to make every third post and have a gazillion 'points'. The drive for engagement produces really, really poor quality posts.
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